Greetings, This looks like meristem damage rather than a "mutant" - it appears to be 2 conjoined bloom stems that grew upward together. The resulting flower would have ~double the usual petals and the twisting is a side effect of the conjoined stems. -|<ipp ________________________________ From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Dennis Kramb via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 8:58 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [pbs] Iris mutant That's pretty wild! I've never seen anything like that and I've been growing irises obsessively for 25 years. Dennis in Cincinnati On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 10:42 AM King Onyx via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I just wanted to post this Iris x hollandica I picked on a flower field, > can anyone explain why its stem is so weirdly twisted too? > > Image links: > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…<https://ibb.co/xCb8vmz/> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…<https://ibb.co/RDS9Yjv/> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…<https://ibb.co/CV6vPRD/> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…<https://ibb.co/4WnHMsm/> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…<https://ibb.co/HFdrJ23/> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…<http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…> > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…<https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/…> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…<http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…