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Originally Posted by Jayfar
I assumed that the gene is spliced into an existing Phal chromosome, rather than adding a chromosome.
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There is a bigger flowered cultivated variety known as
オオボウシバナ:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%...w=1440&bih=761
Japanese Wiki entry has an interesting episode on this one. It was called "Hell weed" or "Hell flower." Flowers are harvested to collect pigments that are used for drawing of Yûzen, a type of fabric and Kimono. Pigments are water soluble and fade easily that made this popular. But this is a day flower, and flowers are harvested in the middle of summer. The procedure was labor intensive and exhausting, hence its nicknames.
Another picture comparing regular form and giant form:
Google Image Result for http://w2222.nsk.ne.jp/~mizuaoi/oobousibana11.jpg
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