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Author Topic: And now for something completely different...  (Read 942 times)
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Lori S.
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« on: August 08, 2011, 02:14:06 PM »
I guess I'll put this under Bog Gardening, as the most fitting category...
Here is the progression of development of new little clones of a viviparous water lily, in this case, the tropical day-bloomer, Nymphaea 'Mme. Ganna Walska':
     

   
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2011, 02:25:05 PM »
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This method of asexual reproduction is interesting.
Are these what are known as Epiphyllous plantlets?
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2011, 03:49:35 PM »
That is so cool! Shocked Truley the 'birth' of a new plant.
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2011, 11:31:12 PM »
Quote from: Weiser on November 22, 2011, 02:25:05 PM
Are these what are known as Epiphyllous plantlets?
Yes, that seems to be the right term for it... here's an article I found while checking that out, that delves into the origins of this trait in water lily cultivars:
http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/journal/4-2/jorge/page1_en.html
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