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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: JohnnyD on June 14, 2021, 08:47:52 PM

Title: I just don't understand it.
Post by: JohnnyD on June 14, 2021, 08:47:52 PM

After many years filling th pot this Saxifraga cochlearis 'minor' has produced five stems - three green and two red.
The red stems seem to me typical as they carry white flowers with red spots.
The green stems carry flowers with a very obvious (to the naked eye at least) yellow cast, and a rather different form.
Is this normal?
JohnnyD

Title: Re: I just don't understand it.
Post by: Maggi Young on June 14, 2021, 09:19:04 PM

I think you must have two forms in there, Johnny. Possibly both S. cochlearis - but rosettes of one  looks more  "minor" than the  other - and the  difference  in the  flowers and stems  is more  obvious.
It's the sort of thing that happens with other plants too - cyclamen for  instance! Can be fun spotting those  incidences on the show  bench!!

Title: Re: I just don't understand it.
Post by: Tristan_He on June 14, 2021, 10:35:14 PM

Presumably the original plant has self-seeded into the pot..?

Title: Re: I just don't understand it.
Post by: JohnnyD on June 14, 2021, 11:03:10 PM

Thanks guys, I might be able to sleep now!!!! ;)
JohnnyD

Title: Re: I just don't understand it.
Post by: Karaba on June 16, 2021, 01:44:48 PM

Might be a mix pot of Saxifraga cochlearis and Saxifraga caesia or a very dwarf form of Saxifraga paniculata. You can see different shapes of the leaves on picture #2.