One of my Isabella plants is flowering again. This time there are some interesting flowers which I never noticed before. I thought all the flowers had five petals. This plant, however, had flowers with 5, 6, and 9 petals. Is this common? The following pictures show the variety of flowers on this one bush.
Close-up of some of the flowers.
Five-petaled flower
Six-petaled flower
Nine petaled flower !!!!!!
It may be too early to see if the color changes on the nine-petaled flower but now it looks white. If I pollinate it is there a chance that the offspring would have nine petals on their flowers?
Woah! That 6 is huge!!! And the 9....wow-o-WOW!!! I want to see another shot of that one! It is huge! Post pics of it from the side Padre! It's really cool looking!
Great to see you again!!! :)
Wow! Do you suppose she was a little too excited to see you get home and take care of her......LOL! Good to see you back safe and posting.
Thats for sure! Padre you were missed! glad you are home,let me know if there is a thread with pics of your adventure!
And Nine points!! Wowser!
That 9 point is awesome Padre
This is another picture of the nine pointed flower - side view
Really cooling Padre. Please send a full size copy to Vicki at ABADS for the records
Wow, Padre, great looking blooms. I love the look of the nine pointed one. Great to see you back.
Well, now I see what I doing around MY brugs! That's a very nice combination.
Thanks.
A 9-point brug!?! Is that a record? Your pictures would make a great addition to the ABADS "mutations" page http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/brugmansia%20mutations.htm
Wowsers!! 9 points. Welcome back Padre.
My word!! Welcome back Padre!
You must have had a great plant person taking care of your babies for you Padre. That is just great!
Tom, I never saw that page before. Cool!
At 5am this morning the flowers were open more fully.
Another view of the flower with 9 petals. It has picked up its normal pink coloration.
This flower has two stigmas!
Wow, Padre.
I've never seen a bloom with two stigmas. Great bloom.
So, I wonder if you pollinate both stigmas, will there be twin seed pods? Very interesting.
Padre, I am so jealous of your beautiful Isabella! After my Isabella's last flush, the temperatures have climbed, and the bugs are attacking! This morning, I found spider mites all over the plant. I've treated the plant with Bayer 3-in-1, but this didn't stop the mites. Do you use anything special to keep the bugs away?
I do not think the Bayer 3 in 1 lists spidermites does it? I know the Rose systemic does. I hate spidermites this year.
That flower is huge!!! And the anthers are not fused.
Padre, glad you are back and great to see all the variation in your pretty pink blooms. Hope you get a chance to try pollenizing it. Donna
Welcome back Padre! The picture of Isabella is very pretty. I would pollinate the two stigmas of the 9 lobed flower to find out, if they develop any pods. The offspring will have normal petals.
WOW, that's huge. What does it measure? That's a real beauty. I love the planting in the first photo.
Linda
Very interesting and I am so glad you shared it with us. I have never seen anything like this.
It was called to my attention that there are 10 petals on this flower, not 9. I pollinated it but have no expectations. By the time I got to pollinate it it had started to wilt. Oh well. Maybe next time.
Padre, Welcome back.
Does the flower stem look like it is fused , like two stuck together?
Amazing Padre, and oh so pretty!!! I love your coleus with it, very nice!!!
Maybe I am counting wrong, but I see 10 petals--if the part between the pale stripes is a petal.
