Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 1 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
[quote=\"Pistil\"]...Well this one is in no way marketable, but it could be useful in breeding. Just think if the core got even longer, and the florets were hot pink or orange-like an Eremurus.[/quote]Hi Pistil,

It\'s uncanny how similar our thinking is on this.

I am including a close-up of one of the \"quilled petal\" specimens. I don\'t know if it is meaningful, or even consistently so, but the \"wrap\" of the petals seems to be consistently counter-clockwise, with very few exceptions, and those seem to be on petals very early in their development. I will have to pay more attention to that detail in the future.

Incidentally, I don\'t think that Bulldogs are cute. I feel kind of sorry for them.

ZM