Gary,

Seems like I remember a discussion on one of the lists where this type of growth was called a 'proto-horn'. Seem to remember that is was sort of a precursor to actually having an appendage and possibly a good choice to use with those that expressed it more fully. The thinking was the appearance of a proto-horn involved the same genetics for producing spaceage appendages. Been a while now, so that's probably pretty skimpy info.

I like the sound of how white this one is.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA

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> This is the brightest white seedling I have ever had bloom in my garden . no distracting haft marks - white beard shows orange way down in the throat . The strange thing is the growth at the end of the beard like it wants to be a space age , but there are no space age genes in it & none of the other seedlings blooming now have it . (STRANGE) . Has anybody else had this happen to any of their non space age seedlings ?
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> I think that instead of calling it a horn , I will call it a fin - looks more like a sharks fin sticking of the falls then does a horn .
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