Re: fused stamens?
I am growing the 1010 Mackenzie and I read your post
and looked today at the male flowers on my plant .
The male flowers all looked fine and in the centre of the flower and not
touching
the sides.
Peter ........ from P.E.I.
Hughes-Banderob wrote:
> I'm a bit worried about my Mackenzie 1010. It's about 10' now and has
> produced very few male flowers and each male flower has had the same
> peculiar mutation: each have had at least part of the stamen fused to
> the inside of a petal, making the flower mishapened.
>
> I hope that when the three female buds on the plant open (within a week
> or so) that 1) I actually have male flowers around, 2) that mishapened
> male flowers still produce decent pollen and 3) that the female lobes
> will be normal.
>
> Has anyone experienced anything like this before?
>
> Randy Banderob
> Millbrook, Ontario
>
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