Re: MUTATIONS!!!! - Hermaphrodite flowers!

sounds like too many self polinations.  We need to make more crosses to make 
sure the AG's keep adapting to the enviroment


>From: SteveS012@aol.com
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: MUTATIONS!!!! - Hermaphrodite flowers!
>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:48:42 EDT
>
>Well, you are probably not going to beleive this!
>Just an hour ago at the patch, I was looking over my 780 Mombert (567.5
>Mombert x 946.5 Geerts), and I found single stalks with TWO male flowers on
>them! One stalk, two flowers! The stalks were way thicker than your average
>flower stalk, too, like a side vine, almost.
>O.K., now if you think that is weird, forget it....
>I also found a genuine HERMAPHRODITE flower! I am serious! It has both male
>and female parts! The pollen section is split down the middle, with a
>segmented pistol coming up in between them. I thought I was going crazy, 
>but
>it is for real!
>There is no ovule (baby pumpkin-to-be) under the flower though. Has this 
>ever
>happened before to anyone else?! I am going to try to get a picture of it
>tomorrow.
>Also, I am going to check if there are any more.
>
>
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