- First described
- 2014
- Type
- population overview multi clone
The parent document for Mike's Liberty Co rosea collection — a "massive colony" he grew out from this Florida population. Multiple named-selection children (white-flower, tubby-af, bulbz, eggmouth, dipped-lip, etc.) trace back to this base population. The 2014-2021 thread is the foundation record for the population's diversity, the white-flowered variant discovery, and the TNG seedling generation.
History
Mike introduced the colony in July 2014 (post #1), comparing diversity favorably (but slightly less) to the Mobile Co, AL rosea population. The 2014-09 follow-up identified a candidate selection that "looks closely related to the red-necked variant from Mobile Co, AL" — Mike's first hint that selections worth naming were emerging.
In March 2016 (post #7) Mike found a white-flowered individual in the population — the first one he was aware of in cultivation. The flower stays pure white as petals age (post #11, 2017), distinguishing it from the pale-pink Chipola River morph. Vegetatively the white-flowered plant is indistinguishable from pink-flowered siblings (post #21, 2020). This individual later became the basis for the dedicated white-flower wiki entry (separate thread 5826, 2023).
In 2019 (post #12) Mike documented "TNG" — a next-generation seedling line from cross-pollinating his Liberty Co mother plants. By 2020 he had identified the variance-within-individual phenomenon that complicates phenotype-based selection (post #15).
Standout traits
- Moderate population diversity (less than Mobile Co AL)
- White-flowered morph present (rare)
- Robust + colorful in fall
- Variance-within-individual for trap fatness — only judge at vegetative maturity
Cultivation notes
- Outdoor NorCal mass-population.
- Fall is the best photo season.
- Phenotype-selection must wait for plants to reach vegetative maturity to avoid mis-classification from juvenile-trap variance.
Related selections
Children (existing wiki entries that trace to this population):
- white-flower
- tubby-af
- bulbz
- eggmouth
- dipped-lip — actually under flava/var-ornata or rosea? check
- large-vigorous
- red-throat-giant
- piste
- clone-123
- pretty-neat
Standout traits
- Population-level diversity is moderate — Mike (post #1, 2014): 'There is some diversity in this population, although not as much as what I've seen in the Mobile Co, AL population.'
- Plants 'become even more robust and colorful in the fall' (Mike, post #1, 2014)
- Pronounced phenotypic variance in pitcher fatness — round/'TUBBY' traps and slim traps appear on the same plant; only judge fatness at vegetative maturity (Mike, post #15, 2020-06-15)
- White-flowered variant present in this population — Mike found one out of hundreds of plants (post #7, 2016-03-29). White-flowered morph is vegetatively indistinguishable from typical pink-flowered plants (Mike, post #21, 2020)
- Pure white flowers stay pure white as petals age — no color change (Mike, post #11, 2017)
Cultivation
- Outdoor NorCal; mass-population cultivation in trays / large pots.
- Plants become "even more robust and colorful in the fall" (post #1, 2014).
- Mike (post #15, 2020): pitcher-fatness judgments require vegetative maturity. Single-plant variation can be huge — same plant produces both slim and tubby traps. So phenotype-based selection from young seedlings risks misclassification.
- White-flowered selection: identical vegetative phenotype to pink-flowered plants; only flowers distinguish.
- 'TNG' (next-generation) seedling line: Mike cross-pollinated many of his Liberty Co mother plants and grew out a sibling generation, producing plants with developing ruffled lids (post #12, 2019-08-18; post #14, 2019-08-28).
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Naming
Mike's "massive colony" thread name. Functions as the parent document for the named-selection child entries (white-flower, tubby-af, bulbz, eggmouth, large-vigorous, red-throat-giant, piste, dipped-lip, clone-123, pretty-neat, etc.).