Chasmanth weirdo
James Waddick (Tue, 28 May 2013 07:24:10 PDT)
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.