Chasmanth weirdo
Shirley Meneice (Thu, 30 May 2013 22:07:24 PDT)
Will do, Jim. Thanks for the suggestion.
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On Behalf Of James Waddick
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 7:24 AM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: Re: [pbs] Chasmanth weirdo
On May 26, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Shirley Meneice wrote:
I have a small planting of Chasmanthe floribunda which for the past two
years has produced the usual plants and one giant, almost 2 m. tall.
....I cannot figure out
what I have here. Any ideas?
Dear Shirley,
Since no one else has replied, let me offer a suggestion.
Share bulbils with close friends to see if this is a genetic change.
If new plants all show this large size, you may have a desirable new
variety.
These may simply be tetraploids, but if there are other changes
involved* you may have some new bee produced hybrid.
So first thing is try spreading this around and see if it repeats.
Of course if there really a lot of bulbils share with PBS and ask for feed
back.
Sounds interesting. Best Jim W.
* Other changes may be in foliage width, color, venation etc or flower size,
number, anatomy etc.