Miltassia Howard M. Fitch 'Izumi' - Peloric

[gmdiaz]

Many thanks, CJ:

I thought 'Izumi' was stable too. . .if so, then why do I have a peloric?

[Orchidflowerchild]

Originally Posted by gmdiaz

Many thanks, CJ:

I thought 'Izumi' was stable too. . .if so, then why do I have a peloric?

Two possibilities: 1) your plant is mislabeled and may be another clone. 2) clonal mutation from being overcloned.

In the same way that sports happen, occasionally, sometimes there is a mutation in one or a few cells in a meristem. When cloned, sometimes you end up with a lump of cells with a mutation such as pelorism or variegation or something. L. anceps 'SanBar Trilobata' was a clonal sport of 'SanBar Gloriosa' FCC/AOS, for example.

Your particular plant may or may not be a stable sport. Again, it may also be a clone of a different plant all together.

-Cj