Personal favorite capensis seedling update

Personal favorite capensis seedling update#346040

By Adelae -  Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:36 pm
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- Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:36 pm #346040

I think this tall skinny red baby from my mixed capensis seeds is happy to have its own pot now! It's responded by making tons and tons of new leaves.

It continues to be much larger than the majority of its siblings:

I'm excited to see how big this thing gets.

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Re: Personal favorite capensis seedling update#346076

By CarnivoresUnite -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:57 am
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:57 am #346076

Hmmm.. I wonder if you have a possible Big Pink? It looks similar..

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Re: Personal favorite capensis seedling update#346077

By Shadowtski -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:03 am
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:03 am #346077

CarnivoresUnite wrote:Hmmm.. I wonder if you have a possible Big Pink? It looks similar..

It's probably from a 'Big Pink' x Self seed.
Those seeds are in the capensis mix, came from my 'Big Pink' which I self pollinated.
It looks like they inherited a lot of their parents' appearance.

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Re: Personal favorite capensis seedling update#346084

By Adelae -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:58 am
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:58 am #346084

Shadowtski wrote:
CarnivoresUnite wrote:Hmmm.. I wonder if you have a possible Big Pink? It looks similar..
It's probably from a 'Big Pink' x Self seed.
Those seeds are in the capensis mix, came from my 'Big Pink' which I self pollinated.
It looks like they inherited a lot of their parents' appearance.

It's a pretty striking resemblance. Does 'Big Pink' breed true(ish)?

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Re: Personal favorite capensis seedling update#346100

By Shadowtski -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:45 pm
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:45 pm #346100

It's a pretty striking resemblance. Does 'Big Pink' breed true(ish)?

David Flocken has been breeding capensis for several years trying to develop the the ultimate Cape Sundew.
I believe I recall him mentioning that Big Pink x Self seeds turn out looking like capensis Alba 25%, capensis Red, 25%, and some intermediate form 50% of the time.

You could call your Specimen 'Big Pink-ish'

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Re: Personal favorite capensis seedling update#346103

By Adelae -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:25 pm
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:25 pm #346103

Shadowtski wrote:
It's a pretty striking resemblance. Does 'Big Pink' breed true(ish)?
David Flocken has been breeding capensis for several years trying to develop the the ultimate Cape Sundew.
I believe I recall him mentioning that Big Pink x Self seeds turn out looking like capensis Alba 25%, capensis Red, 25%, and some intermediate form 50% of the time.

You could call your Specimen 'Big Pink-ish'

Interesting! Remembering my punnett squares, is Big Pink a cross between a Red and an Alba?

I guess that might also explain where my buddy Largest Alba (leftmost pot) came from.

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Re: Personal favorite capensis seedling update#346104

By Shadowtski -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:43 pm
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:43 pm #346104

is Big Pink a cross between a Red and an Alba

I believe so.

Here is a quote from Joshua Lynch, the discoverer of 'Big Pink'.

I germinated seed from my Albino cape sundew and a few of the seedlings were different. They flowered 6 months from germination when the other seedlings took 8+ months. They have pink foliage and are 10 to 12 inches across, about 30% bigger than the other albino seedlings. Please check http://www.flytrapking.com for current availability.

Maybe it was a spontaneous mutation.
Maybe an unknown pollinator appeared on the scene with some excessively healthy Red capensis genes.
Who knows?
I bought my 'Big Pink' from FTK directly, a few years ago.
It flowers every year and I usually toss the seeds into the Cape Sundew variety packs.

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