Hibiscus: 1st Lord Baltimore bloom today - Happy 4th of July!, 1 by Michael_Ronayne

Michael_Ronayne wrote:
On the morning of September 26, 2012, my Lord Baltimore produced a flower with seven petals and five stigmas. As I was not interested in a five chambered seed pod, I didn’t pollinate the flower. I am getting into new territory here, as these results are totally unexpected. In all likelihood the Lord Baltimore has been producing flowers with extra petals all along, most likely in the fall with cooler temperatures. The Hemming grandchildren were unaware that the Annie J. Hemming was producing flowers with extra petals until I sent them a copy of Dr. Harold Winters paper which documented that fact. If you are not looking for something, you are not going to find it.

Again I want to caution everyone that I no longer believe that this is the path to a hardy double. It is something entirely different; I just don’t know what that something is just yet.

Mike