Stemless sax

[JohnnyD]

Is it unusual for Saxifraga longifolia to produce almost entirely sessile flowers?
It is a super little plant and I hope it will gradually expand while keeping the characteristic.
Thoughts anyone?
JohnnyD

[JohnnyD]

Original post : Is it unusual for Saxifraga longifolia to produce almost entirely sessile flowers?
It is a super little plant and I hope it will gradually expand while keeping the characteristic.
Thoughts anyone?

Sax has now developed a little but still shows semi-sessile characteristics. Do the new pics help to explain this?
JohnnyD

[adrian young]

This not Saxifraga longifolia, looks like S. longifolia x S. paniculata, the flowers usually perform like this when the bud
has been damaged

[JohnnyD]

Thanks Adrian so, please, what would damage the bud?
JohnnyD

[David Nicholson]

Yer see, when you get to my age the old eyes are not as good as they used to be, and there was me thinking someone was writing about ‘ endless sex’!

[JohnnyD]

But for that David I might have found the answer by now!

[Maggi Young]

I suggested physical damage  to bud  rather  than weather and  Adrian replied  to me .....

"yes, its damage to the bud, could be a bug eating it out.

the plant drying out can cause this problem but you would see damage on the rosettes as well."

[JohnnyD]

Thanks for the sugegstions guys.
I have tried to find the pics I took two or three years ago when it flowered in exactly the same way. Gerd Stopp suggested it was simply a hybrid of S.longifolia. (the plant came from him in the first place.) I have tried to find the pics I took at that time but so far no joy. I will keep looking.
If it is a bug then what would be the best way to avoid it doing the same next year?
JohnnyD

[Mike Ireland]

Yer see, when you get to my age the old eyes are not as good as they used to be, and there was me thinking someone was writing about ‘ endless sex’!

You've been in lockdown far too long David.

[JohnnyD]

FOUND IT!!!!!!! I have finally found a pic from 2016 when the sax last flowered and showing a more elongated scape.
Does it help? Or has it suffered the same damage as this years offering.
JohnnyD