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Geophyte discussions => Current Photographs => Topic started by: Dennis Kramb on August 15, 2022, 10:25:04 PM
Well, this is weird. This is maiden bloom for this 3-yr old seedling. It produced flowers directly from the (large!) dormant tuber. I've never seen this happen before. While it's normal behavior for a few obscure, rarely grown Sinningia species, none of those species are in the background of this hybrid. So I think this effect is temporary and cultural, but only time will tell.
Another weird thing is that the flowers bee guide is deeply warped into a 3-D gully effect to an extent that I've never seen before on a Sinningia. I quite like it!
For comparison I'm adding a couple photos of its sibling who had maiden bloom 4 months ago with normal flowers on a normal plant.
The parentage is Sinningia eumorpha 'Saltao' x "Seminole" (white-flowered sport)