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Friday, March 1, 2013

Not yet nodding off


Fritillaria pudica

I have enough genetic material with this one to start playing around with some colchicine induced polyploidy......watch out new introduction to the plant world community......here I come!

Ya, 64 degrees gets some gumcthin in this kid.

Cheers ,
Mark
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  1. Panayoti KelaidisMarch 1, 2013 at 7:48 PM

    We still have drifts of snow. I love F. pudica so--would I had "enough genetic material" of it! Would it were as vigorous as the Europeans.

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