Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Unussual Leaves, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Michael, I hope this doesn't disappoint you, but I don't think you have an interspecific cross there. I have had both seedlings and regular cuttings do the same thing from either tip damage or from me cutting the tip off to use the base for grafting purposes. When the new branches come in, the leaves are very long and narrow. They eventually fill out. I don't know why this happens.

Once, I started to get Black Tip on one of my seedings, and so I rubbed it out with my finger and scraped it off with my fingernail. The tip closed, but many branches grew tightly around the tip. They eventually relaxed. Here's an old picture of it.

Anyway, seedlings are fun and unusual sometimes, and yours are neat! Love the stripe on your Giant Aussie Orange Blossom. I'm a fan of oddities also. That must be why you like me, and I like you! LOL!