This sunflower has grown a single 'twin' sunflower, never seen this before. I have had sunflowers that grow lots of flowers on seperate stems but never seen this before. It's like a Siamese sunflower :)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5931028999_7eaae3f412.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54987571@N08/5931028999/)
Photo0452 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54987571@N08/5931028999/) by lisaparkin36 (http://www.flickr.com/people/54987571@N08/), on Flickr
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5931029857_f0f0977454.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54987571@N08/5931029857/)
Photo0451 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54987571@N08/5931029857/) by lisaparkin36 (http://www.flickr.com/people/54987571@N08/), on Flickr
I think this is called 'fasciation'. Nice photo :)
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Oh, thank you. I had to 'google' that ???
How very interesting :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciation
Quote from: lisaparkin on July 12, 2011, 22:38:05
Oh, thank you. I had to 'google' that ???
How very interesting :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciation
You're very welcome. I'm sure I learnt about it on this forum (many moons ago). It's amazing how much you pick up on here. :)
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