I'm sure there is a really good botanical explanation for this happening, but I haven't yet researched it. Is this 'normal' (though none of my other lupines have done this) or a freakish mutation? Please, you tell me.
~Aerie-el
Friday, December 5, 2008
LOOPY LUPINE
Check out this loopy lupine plant. It grew, flowered, went to seed, and now has little lollipop balls of foliage growing above the stalks where the seeds are/were. The plant has turned into a topiary.
I'm sure there is a really good botanical explanation for this happening, but I haven't yet researched it. Is this 'normal' (though none of my other lupines have done this) or a freakish mutation? Please, you tell me.
~Aerie-el
I'm sure there is a really good botanical explanation for this happening, but I haven't yet researched it. Is this 'normal' (though none of my other lupines have done this) or a freakish mutation? Please, you tell me.
~Aerie-el
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Isn't that bizarre? I've never seen anything like it!
ReplyDeleteAmy
I haven't figured this out and my botanist buddy hasn't gotten back with me about this yet...:-(
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you the name of the mystery disfigurement either! I have, however, seen similiar in other plants... Love your blog and love particularly the picutres you capture from your property!
ReplyDeleteOpal-
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for stopping by and leaving your comment. It is a relief to learn that you have seen this happen with other plants in other places and it isn't a freak mutation due to some oddity here! (Although Washington State was one of the first places aliens supposedly visited, so who knows what's out there...;)
~Aerie-el