Platyphyllum

[tnyr5]

Riding on Lorib's coattails
Unfortunately not at its best because some protective measures are illegal, like killing your neighbors for example, so the petals are not as long as they could be since the rats they brought here & refuse to deal with got into my growspace & chewed the ends off the buds.

 

[Justin]

Oh what a pain. Sorry about that situation.

 

[Duck Slipper]

Jeez!
I don't think its illegal to put out rat poison...and it works!

 

[Ozpaph]

Its a bit different (shape and colour etc) cf the awarded platyphyllum ^^^^

 

[Morja]

Of course they had to chew the buds! Ugh!
This is such an interesting species.

 

[treefrog]

Superbe, do you know the cross?

 

[tnyr5]

Its a bit different (shape and colour etc) cf the awarded platyphyllum ^^^^

Shape is a bit more horizontal, but it's a tough call on color with the lighting so different. I'd bet they're actually pretty similar.

 

[lori.b]

That's so disappointing about the rats but the plant pulled through and still gave you some flowers. It looks like there's a new growth starting at the base of the plant so fingers crossed the rats will have moved on by the next time it blooms. I found the second growth grew a lot faster than the first on mine and now the third growth is growing quickly too. I hope yours will do the same and you'll see it back in bloom next year at this time.
Is yours a 'Super Clone' from Sam?

 

[tnyr5]

Mine is a selfing of Super Clone.
I'll take some real pics when my life is less shattered in a few days.

 

[BrucherT]

Congratulations!!!!! I bet it’ll be a real showstopper once you kill your neighbors. Make sure I’m on the jury.

Seriously, how did your neighbors “bring” rats? Are they just slobs? Or are these escaped pets?

 

[tnyr5]

Slobs. Garage full of garbage.

 

[tnyr5]

Real pic now that things have calmed down.

 

[IvoPhal]

Rats are ok, fungus gnats not really
When the pest is bigger than its easier do deal with him.

 

[TyroneGenade]

Super looking flowers and plant -- kudos on your cultural skills.

About the rats... Release some adult rat snakes in the basement. That might encourage the neighbors to move. Excellent at rat removal and being quite feisty they make a strong impression on people even though they are quite harmless.

 

[Morja]

Super looking flowers and plant -- kudos on your cultural skills.

About the rats... Release some adult rat snakes in the basement. That might encourage the neighbors to move. Excellent at rat removal and being quite feisty they make a strong impression on people even though they are quite harmless.

Lol. Creature wars.
I find rat traps to be... simpler And less endangerment to perfectly good snakes.

 

[Morja]

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[Djthomp28]

I am on my way to stare down my platyphyllum, which seems to be frozen in time.

 

[tnyr5]

Super looking flowers and plant -- kudos on your cultural skills.

About the rats... Release some adult rat snakes in the basement. That might encourage the neighbors to move. Excellent at rat removal and being quite feisty they make a strong impression on people even though they are quite harmless.

You know, I had that idea too

 

[tnyr5]

I uhh... don't suppose anyone in the US has platyphyllum pollen?