lewis
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 | | Subject: double take Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:34 pm | |
|  umm okay...  Plant is a Notocactus (so now Parodia) SP. P.S. It's not really clear in the photo but interesting thing is if you look in the centre of the conjoined flower you can see a dark thing, closer inspection revealed to me that this is a partially formed style. so it has 2 1/2 thereof. crazy. |
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Lachy
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| | Subject: Re: double take Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:14 pm | |
| That's really, really odd. I don't suppose that you got a photo of the bud as it developed?
Has there been any damage to the plant or any signs of monstrose growth? |
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lewis
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Lachy
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| | Subject: Re: double take Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:29 pm | |
| Geez, that really looks like a crest was trying to develop. Bit of a shame that the plant grew out of it, really... |
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lewis
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| | Subject: Re: double take Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:44 pm | |
| | Lachy wrote: | Geez, that really looks like a crest was trying to develop. Bit of a shame that the plant grew out of it, really...
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Yeah I know, I was a bit disappointed when it grew out normally, but oh well.
The flower is quite cool in its' own right IMO, and now I have a new avatar hehe.  |
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Scooby
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Registration date: 2009-11-09
| | Subject: Re: double take Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:39 pm | |
| Good one Lewis! I did have an Astrophytum with a double flower once. I guess it's like when an egg develops a double yolk or two bananas form inside the same skin. You get two for the price of one! (Well maybe not with bananas because they're sold by weight!) lol!  |
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Hellonasty
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| | Subject: Re: double take Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:24 am | |
| Hey Lewis,
I have a nice specimen of Noto Ottonis and had a very similar thing last season. Perhaps this is a noto trait ?
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