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Dahlia oddity
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Posted by fizgig777 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 19, 06 at 11:50
| I have an orange Dahlia -- bought this Spring. It's now in it's third round of blooming... Well, this morning I noticed that one of the new flowers to open is... RED???? So, it now has one orange flower, one red, and a bunch of buds. I don't mean reddish orange either. It's a wine red.
Why would that happen? Not that I'm upset about it or anything, just curious more than anything. The Dahlia's pretty either way ;) |
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RE: Dahlia oddity
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| Well, if you planted from a pot as opposed to bare-root, its possible the grower got sloppy and dropped a red one in. Otherwise, I don't know a lot about dahlia genetics but do know that they come in a variety of colors, including red. It could be a mutation that effects only part of a plant which are known as "sports", particularly if they take the plant in a desireable direction. It could be that the plant was bred from a red ancestor and has sported back to something truer to its ancestry, in which case it is less desireable, more common and more usually referred to as a "reversion". |
RE: Dahlia oddity
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| Interesting! Thanks for the information. |
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