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Aceetobe 09-24-2021 01:36 PM
Miltonia spectabilis
 
This has to be a tetraploid. First bloom.

https://i.imgur.com/bNwHxzL.jpg

Clawhammer 09-24-2021 01:45 PM
Beautiful. Love the fragrance of these guys. Great growing!

DirtyCoconuts 09-27-2021 09:21 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aceetobe (Post 969030)
This has to be a tetraploid. First bloom.

https://i.imgur.com/bNwHxzL.jpg
other than the scientific definition of tetraploidity, i do not understand or appreciate the meaning - what does that mean and how can you tell? forgive my ignorance on this but having 4 times the chromosomes seems like a crazy mutation and i am not educated enough to know

Clawhammer 09-27-2021 09:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts (Post 969258)
other than the scientific definition of tetraploidity, i do not understand or appreciate the meaning - what does that mean and how can you tell? forgive my ignorance on this but having 4 times the chromosomes seems like a crazy mutation and i am not educated enough to know
It would be a debilitating genetic mutation in animals but for plants tetraploidy generally makes the plants larger and more vigorous.


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