Petaloid staminal tube can be a simply an anomaly Tanay On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:25 AM, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Malvaceae week 0905- 9112011 UD 016 Hibiscus Yellow Weird unfurling WHY > AND WHAT FOR ??? > > > Dear All: > > > Familiy: Malvaceae > > Subfamiliy: Malvoideae > > Tribe: Hibisceae > > Genus: Hibiscus > Species Hibiscus rosa chinensis, YELLOW > > 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... > > Any ideas??? Any thing I can do to further examine this phenomenon? Is > it common? > > etc etc... have many questions... > > Thanks > > Usha di > ======= > > > > > > > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/