Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 08:17:37 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Burkhardt <burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4369$foo@default> Subject: Re: D. binata bifurcations
Greetings,
> <<Regarding the lack of bifurcations, my plant that I believe to be D.
> binata binata started producing 2 bifurcations (resulting in 3 points
> total) just before it flowered, since then it has gone back to producing
> a single bifurcation (2 points total) so perhaps there is some nebulous
> relationship between bifurcations and flowering in D. binata? I think
> Jay Lechman (sp?) described something similar in his plant and I would be
> curious if others have noticed anything along these lines.>>
>
> Heard my ears burning .... my D. binata binata consistently sends up three-
> and four-pointed leaves in early spring, coming out of dormancy, just prior
> to, or with first-season flowering. It then returns to it's normal
> two-pointed growth pattern.
I've also noticed periods where the bifurcations are not regular. When
flowering, my D. binata multifida extrema produces only one and rarely two
bifurcations. If I clip the flower stalk before flowering, normal
bifurcations resume with the next leaf.
Paul Burkhardt
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