Petaloid staminal tube can be a simply an anomaly
Tanay
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:25 AM, ushadi Micromini
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Malvaceae week 0905- 9112011 UD 016 Hibiscus Yellow Weird unfurling WHY
> AND WHAT FOR ???
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> Dear All:
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> Familiy: Malvaceae
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> Subfamiliy: Malvoideae
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> Tribe: Hibisceae
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> Genus: Hibiscus
> Species Hibiscus rosa chinensis, YELLOW
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> I am sending this in to ask what is this weird set of petals in this
> otherwise "normal five petalled hibiscus I bought.. about 3-4 weeks into
> being on my balcony this flower appeared... only one of this weird kind
> ... have had five or six similar ones since then... all were like the normal
> first flower.... picture is included of the first normal one...
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> Any ideas??? Any thing I can do to further examine this phenomenon? Is
> it common?
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> etc etc... have many questions...
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> Thanks
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> Usha di
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