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Author Topic: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?  (Read 1566 times)

RichardW

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odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
« on: March 03, 2010, 10:25:07 AM »
in my daily trawl through the masses these jumped out at me today.

there are two small clumps both displaying the same feature, the inner segment is translucent, for want of a better word, so appears green with the anthers creating an orange "glow"

the plants appear healthy but wonder if this is a sign of poor health? or a natural but very attractive oddity? Not seen anything like it before here but maybe it is quite common?



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Re: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 10:35:58 AM »
Richard we saw something similar last week on the forum. It looks like the anthers are shining through due to a damaged inner
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Re: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 11:53:14 AM »
I've seen this and been excited by it but I fear it is just a phenomenon that sometimes happens as the flower is about to go over.
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Re: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 12:15:56 PM »
John, this is a bad sign. Hope for you, it`s only a normal plant. If the flowers look  glassy, often the plant is infected.
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Re: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2010, 04:53:46 PM »
eek, infected with what?

is growing amongst the masses on the edge of the garden so well away from any specials.

 


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