Lycoris season 2 - L. lomgituba
J.E. Shields (Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:34:27 PDT)
Jim W., et al.,
This is well-known in both Hemerocallis and Clivia. It is "polytepalism"
(I guess you could call it) and one or more entire sectors of the flower,
in all 4 whorls, are duplicated -- stigma lobe, ovary locule, stamens,
petal, and sepal.
It is genetically quite distinct from doubles in which whorls 3 (stamens)
and/or 4 (pistil) are converted partly or entirely to petals.
Jim Shields
At 02:00 PM 8/9/2010 -0500, Jim Waddick wrote:
...... One bulb of L. longituba has produced flowers with multiple petals.
Only 2 flowers are open so far. One has 10, the other 11 petals. Both have
extra anthers (9 and 10 respectively) and both have a single, slightly odd
stigma. I'll hand pollinate and see what happens.
Most double flowers have reduced or missing sexual parts. The
very double L. radiata 'Fireworks'
(http://plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/…) has lost
all sexual parts.
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