Re[2]: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #722


We have watched  the twisted world of abnormal bloom scapes fro years, with
only a few conclusions:

1. the plants are usually the unstable ones, and the scape abnormality is a
sign that the plant is in transition, to another form

     2. the seeds  from those scapes have rarely had any of the effect

     3. sometimes the plant is destined to " flame out" and die after this
     show. I watched a seedling of my mother's for a couple of years, with
     a perfect barbershop pole green/white spiral all the way up - very
     unique, with beautiful splashed fasciated leaves - kept all the seeds,
     which didn't show any of this and the next year the clump was GONE.
     Yes all dead. Believe it was a 'Beatrice' or 'Gala" offspring.

     Bob Whitmore showed me a Sagae bloom scape a couple of years ago in
     Indianapolis that was 1-1.5 inches thick, like a broom handle. The
     plant, according to Bob was not exceptional other than that thick
     bloom scape. I don't know what became of that particular plant.

     Plantaginea has sent up 1" thick bloom scapes from very old plants,
     then the next couple of years had limited bloom activity. Actually saw
     where it did this before center die-out, which makes sense.

     bruce


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Subject: Re: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #722
Author:  hosta-open@mallorn.com (owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com) at HERCULES
Date:    02/04/2000 10:30 AM





Beth Norm and Monty, I have been following you post on flower scapes
before
leaves. I believe there are other factors also involved.  From
observation of
things that have been happening over the past few years, I have
thought that
breaking dormancy at a rapid rate may sometimes cause this.  Several
seedlings that have never been divided, especially last spring when
our
temperature suddenly reached 90 mark, had only flower scapes.  A few
even had
the leaves up and down the scapes.
At this time I have a few examples of this very thing on plants
brought
inside and placed under lights in a warm area without allowing a slow
warming
period.
This is just for thought.  I have no real information to support my idea.
Mary
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