- Breeder
- Mike Wang
- First described
- 2024
- Type
- single clone from controlled cross breeding line
- Cultivar
- 'Brunswick Beauty 2.0'
Origin
Mike's project to recreate Brunswick Beauty after losing the original 1990s clone in 2014 — a virulent fungal pathogen killed roughly 70% of his purpurea collection that year. The 1990s Brunswick Beauty came to him from Art Junier, was notoriously slow-growing and rot-prone, and lacked the frilly-lid expression of the new circulating Brunswick Beauty. The two clones share one defining feature: an incredible deep red.
The 2.0 breeding chain:
- 1990s extinct Brunswick Beauty × S. purpurea ssp. venosa
- (F1) × new Brunswick Beauty (the currently circulating clone)
That puts the genetic composition at roughly 2/3 Brunswick Beauty, 1/3 other ssp. venosa. Only a few F2 offspring matched the Brunswick Beauty phenotype; those became 'Brunswick Beauty 2.0.'
Standout traits
- Visual match to the current Brunswick Beauty.
- Super vigorous and easy to grow — fixed the original's failure modes.
- Deep red color preserved.
Standout traits
- Looks almost identical to the new circulating Brunswick Beauty — incredible deep red color is preserved.
- Super vigorous — improved on the original 1990s clone's notoriously slow growth and rot susceptibility.
- Easy to grow — Mike's primary improvement over the 1990s clone.
- Bulbous trap shape preserved (the New Brunswick Beauty's signature) — though phenotypic plasticity means some traps look less bulbous than others on the same plant.
Cultivation
By construction: vigorous and easy. The whole point of the 2.0 breeding project was to fix the 1990s clone's failure modes (rot, slow growth) while preserving the deep red color. Photos confirm the project succeeded — 2.0 sets traps that visually match the current Brunswick Beauty.
Photos (7)
Naming
"Brunswick Beauty 2.0" — Mike's deliberate sequel to the original Brunswick Beauty. Distinguishes a recreated/improved version from the now-extinct 1990s clone and the still-circulating "new" clone.