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Have you ever seen crested bloom like this!

stephania
14 years ago

Months ago, I visited my friend's house, whom I made a xeric garden for.

I was surprised when I saw blooming xDyckcohnia 'Bones Mahogany' that I gave him

it shot an unusual inflorescence, a kind of cristation, its apex develops laterally

from an elongate meristem rather than a single point.

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Comments (15)

  • brom_adorer
    14 years ago

    How Bizarre. It looks like fasciation? A very nice garden bed there!
    BA

  • kerry_t_australia
    14 years ago

    Hey Chanin,

    That sure is one crazy inflorescence! I've not seen anything quite like that, but I have seen some crested inflos on a couple of Aechmea hybrids. They were more like conjoined twins, whereas Gift's looks like conjoined sextuplets or more!
    Any theories on the reason for it?

    I remember you showing us the creation of your friend Gift's xeric garden - and all that transportation and positioning of those huge spiky things. How about showing us (again) a few before, during, and after constuction shots, and then some recent updates?

    Welcome back to gardening and GW. I hope your company can now tend to itself, so you may get on with your favourite job. :)

    K

  • rickta66
    14 years ago

    Chanin,

    I'm glad to see you back.

    Rick

  • sunshine_qld
    14 years ago

    I have seen blooms like that on other plants but never broms.

  • hanwc
    14 years ago

    Never seen this before on xeric type brom. Thanks for showing it.

    But, yes, I do remember this beautiful garden created by you. Please keep us posted for the latest update!

    cheers

    Han

  • gonzer_gw
    14 years ago

    Nice yard!
    The flattened rachis is a sure sign of fasciation.

  • stephania
    Original Author
    14 years ago

    Thanks friends for your warm welcome back (^_^)

    As Kerry mentioned the disorder feature, I think because the plant was mixed up with
    Dyckia & Deuterocohnia genetics.

    Here some shots two years ago while we were landscaping.

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    I grew this giant spiney myself.

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    My friend, Gift enjoyed with spiney things.

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    Up to date few months ago.

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    Those xeric broms such as Dyckia, Orthophytum saxicola and Deuterocohnia lorentziana
    do go along well with cacti and other succulents in the garden.

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  • bromadams
    14 years ago

    Chanin, can you grow Puyas there? I don't remember seeing any in your collection.

  • LisaCLV
    14 years ago

    The garden has matured beautifully, Chanin. I'm happy to see you back here too!

    I sometimes see fasciation and distortion on Aloe spikes. Usually not as much as this, though. I suspect it could be bud mites or perhaps some sort of virus that causes it, but other times it may be genetic, as seems to be the case with Aechmea Eileen. When I had that plant, about half the inflorescences came out crested, and judging by the link below, I'm not the only one.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Ae. Eileen

  • stephania
    Original Author
    14 years ago

    Bromadams, I've kept a few Puya, they seem to be difficult for me.
    I think it's too hot for them, only P.laza and P.mirabilis that do thrive here.

    Glad to be with you too, Lisa (^_^)"
    Just wonder if the fasciation will pass on to the offsprings or not.
    I've never seen or heard of crested plant in bromeliad. This usually occur in cactus.

  • gartemua
    14 years ago

    Love this garden. Thank you for posting this photos.

  • paul_t23
    14 years ago

    Hi Chanin, that is a fantastic garden. Thanks for showing it, and thanks guys for the new word 'fasciation'.

    Cheers, Paul

  • stephania
    Original Author
    14 years ago

    (^_^)" Thanks guys.

    By the way, because I'm not in enlish, could anyone tell me about the difference of the term
    'fasciation', 'cristation', 'crestata', crested ? (:^o)

  • LisaCLV
    14 years ago

    I think they all mean basically the same thing, Chanin. The way I look at it, "fasciation" is the scientific term for the cells in the meristem becoming spread out, and "cristation" describes the crested appearance that comes as a result of that phenomenon, but you could really use either term in most cases. They just refer to different aspects of the same thing.

    "Crested" seems less scientific and a bit more vague to me, since many things (like birds) can have crests but aren't necessarily fasciated. "Cristata" (or crestata?) is the latinized word that would be used as part of a botanical name, but you could refer to such a plant as a "cristate form" or just a "cristate".

    This is just my own interpretation, I'm no expert in English (or Latin)!

    Here is a link that might be useful: Cristation/Fasciation

  • stephania
    Original Author
    14 years ago

    Absolutely clear! Thank you Lisa (^_*)

    I found these pics from our local forum, they show a cristate form of pineapple fruit
    that occurred in Mr Suporn Deesamut's pineapple orchard, south of Thailand.

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