dianthum

[Trithor]

 

[jjkOC]

Great color and love those hairs!

 

[tnyr5]

Interesting green dorsal. Never seen one quite like that before .

 

[Falcon]

Wow this is wonderful! I love the twisted petals and the hairs look like little spiders

 

[labskaus]

Quite an unusual colouration with all that green. Shape isn't bad, so that's an overall excellent flower. Very beautiful.

 

[naoki]

I agree, it has intense green, and very nice!

 

[Secundino]

Strange but beautiful flower.

 

[emydura]

A nice unique dianthum you have there Gary. Very little white in the dorsal.

 

[Ozpaph]

wonderful flower.
any parishii in there?????

 

[Trithor]

This is the largest and most extreme of my dianthums. I can't imagine how parishii would have got mixed in. I have others which are more in line with the mainstream form. This one has by far the largest size, darkest colour and biggest spacing between the blooms. I have had it for many years, but have struggled to grow it. Each time as it matured a growth, it would develop rot and the the whole process would begin again while the next baby lead matured. I estimate this is the first bloom in twenty years. At long last it seems to be growing strongly and I hope it will not take as long to rebloom.

 

[troy]

Congratulations on the accomplishment!!! 20 yrs... this is the most unique shape and color dianthum I have ever seen. self it!!!

 

[Lmpgs]

Excellent!

 

[SlipperKing]

Are you playing with the camera or is it really that green?

 

[Trithor]

Are you playing with the camera or is it really that green?

Will post a photo tomorrow with another for comparison. Colour is true

 

[SlipperFan]

Lovely flower, but what are all those little black bugs crawling all over it?! oke:

 

[Ozpaph]

Gary, did 'you' collect it wild or is it grown on as a seedling from somewhere else?

 

[Trithor]

Dot, those would be spiny black petal munchers

Oz, it was purchased as a full grown plant from a Far East supplier, so I guess a hybrid is always possible, but I believe it to be unlikely.

 

[abax]

I like the oddity of the bloom and the color is striking. I
was squinting at the monitor to see if a spider was on the
bloom too...well, then I noticed all the other "spiders".
I think you have a very unique plant.

 

[papheteer]

The color's quite different. But in a lovely way!

 

[Trithor]

Rick, as promised a comparative picture of the Green Swamp Monster and another