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Odd WIP Slim Snapper from last year

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Odd WIP Slim Snapper from last year#288471

By Wahter -  Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:12 am
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- Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:12 am #288471

Last spring, one of my WIP Slim Snappers produced this strange leaf + trap. Unfortunately, after a couple of odd ones, the later leaves and traps reverted to normal (albeit tall - per the cultivar) ones. Made me wonder what recessive genes are in some of these plants.

Walter
Carnivorous plants at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens

Re: Odd WIP Slim Snapper from last year#288478

By Adelaide -  Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:03 am
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- Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:03 am #288478

My King Henry was doing that as well, though I attributed it to a recent bout with scale and leaf burning from pesticide. I think it's a random developmental deformity more than a genetic trait, like double traps or false vivipary.

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