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[markde2e]

Hello,
For about two years ago, i made a cross between a catesbaei hybride and a normal purpurea ssp. purpurea.
The seed carrier was the purpurea.
I now have 55 small plants and one which has grown far larger then the rest.

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I decided to put the seedlings outside, but after a heavy rainstorm, all of the little plants flushes to one side:






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I kept the biggest plant appart.




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Repotted the other 55 plants:






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Okay, just noticed that the pitchers are slightly hairy from the outside, just like purpurea ssp. venosa only the hairs are slightly shorter.
The strange thing is that the parent plants of my cross, don't have any hairs on the outside!

look:

Edited by markde2e, 03 June 2012 - 14:50 PM.

[will9]

If you cross a purpurea crossing ,catesbai is a cross from flava x purpurea  whit a purpurea is this still a crossing?Off course it s still a crossing i think because it have still the flava genes .
You go backwards  to purpurea ,this plants looks like very nice sarra purpurea to me,hard to see it s a crossing ,or see i wrong ?
Cheers Will

Edited by will9, 03 June 2012 - 17:04 PM.

[markde2e]

That's correct, but you clearly see a good difference between this cross and a pure purpurea!
But it also forms short pitchers indeed..

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Edited by markde2e, 08 July 2012 - 15:19 PM.

[jimfoxy]

Isn't it great seeing how they vary? The great difficulty I find is deciding which ones to keep! Nice plants.

[markde2e]