Pinguicula Siamese Twins!
Loyd Wix (Loyd.Wix@unilever.com)
29 Jul 96 12:58:57 Z
Due to a combination of demands from work and a hectic life
at home I have been unable to contribute to the discussions
as much as I would have liked. There are a couple of old
threads which I will try to pick up if time permits. But
first of all an interesting occurrence with one of my
Pinguicula.
At the moment I have several P.pumila plants in flower. One
of these has managed to produce a flower stalk with 2
flowers!!!! This is different however to the arrangement of
the flowers of P.ramosa which Fernando mentioned recently.In
P.ramosa the flower stalk branches in to two (or
occasionally 3 branches) with a flower appearing on the tip
of each branch.With this strange P.pumila, both flowers are
situated at the end of the stalk and sit side by side. One
flower is allot smaller than the other.
Although I have seen a fair few abnormalities with
Pinguicula flowers such as missing or extra petals, this is
the first time I have ever seen some thing like this. I
would be interested to hear if anyone else has seen such a
flower.
I have taken photographs which I hope will turn out Ok.
kind regards
Loyd