Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.
Many perks!
<...more...>
|
10-17-2011, 12:30 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2010
Zone: 10b
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 1,840
|
|
Doris Duke Cross
This is called melting Point" it is great. Real curling tail of about three inches, twin blooms, looks about like there will be 8 blooms in all. I'll have to guard it till they open so my grasshopper doesn't see it, he'll think it's a candy cane.
 |
|
Post Thanks / Like - 4 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
10-17-2011, 01:47 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 75
|
|
wow! That is fantastic!!! what a unique bloom!
|
10-17-2011, 10:25 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Zone: 5a
Location: Kansas City, MO
Age: 67
Posts: 4,773
|
|
I totally agree with Xenophon, that bloom is so cool!
Joann
|
10-17-2011, 11:32 PM
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2010
Zone: 2b
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Age: 29
Posts: 2,252
|
|
Woah!  COOL!!! |
10-18-2011, 07:15 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2010
Zone: 10b
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 1,840
|
|
The rest of the blooms look like they are going to be straighter, could this be a under developed bloom?
|
10-18-2011, 08:28 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,467
|
|
Carol - That definitely is not the way that Bulb Melting Point flowers normally open. I have never seen one with curled flowers. Is there any insect damage to the flowers that could have caused the curling effect?
|
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
10-18-2011, 08:31 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Zone: 5b
Location: W. Bloomfield, Michigan
Posts: 3,086
|
|
Hey Carol, where did you get this plant... definitely neat and if the other flowers "appear" to be opening straight, I would agree with you that the curls are unique to this flower. I've seen pictures of other plants and the flowers are "the usual" type from the other parent, longissimum 'Windy Hill'. Whatever it is, the flower color is definitely very nice!
|
10-20-2011, 06:07 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Zone: 8a
Location: West Midlands, UK
Age: 49
Posts: 25,462
|
|
Wow, great flower shape!
|
10-20-2011, 06:21 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2009
Zone: 2b
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 9,667
|
|
very interesting and nice!
|
10-21-2011, 11:11 AM
|
 |
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: May 2005
Zone: 7b
Location: Queens, NY, & Madison County NC, US
Age: 45
Posts: 19,374
|
|
Wow! That is gorgeous. Absolutely unique.
You have a pet grasshopper??
__________________
"We must not look at goblin men,
We must not buy their fruits:
Who knows upon what soil they fed
Their hungry thirsty roots?"
Goblin Market
by Christina Georgina Rossetti
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:00 PM.
|
Linear Mode
