Ah, do you have one of those Dalí Chronographs? Better watch out for long-legged Elephants then…
zernksays
Back in the day, we would check the Fo’ O’clocks to see if it was reasonably close to 4:20 yet. Not that it really made a difference.
Juliasays
You can get this result on occasion if you have both the yellow and the fuchsia plants growing near each other. So, I guess it’s due to cross-pollination?
Rick McWilliamssays
It looks to me that the flower indicates that it is 7:00.
jahigginbothamsays
I’ve got yellow and red (mostly) growing together (planted this spring) – guess i’d better plant all the seeds.
Also my years old red jupiter’s beards seem to have sprouted a white variety (which i have seen but definitely did not have).
Can someone let me in on the joke? Because I don’t get it. (yes, go ahead, laugh at me)
JohnnieCanucksays
jahigginbotham:
I’m not familiar with Jupiter’s Beard flowers, but I have seen both Gladiolus and Hippeastrum (sold as Amaryllis) flowers acquire larger and larger white areas on the tepals as the years pass.
It seems to be a common effect, but I have never heard an explanation.
Justinsays
ibyea, that’s a 4 O’clock plant.
Nicksays
Mirabilis jalapa – Marvel of Peru or 4, oClock, because it opens its flowers around four oclock. It opens then to catch the passing trade of moths as they stagger out of bed and get ready for the night’s work.
They grow like weeds here, we have tons of them in the yard, all colors.
marcolisays
I think the color patterns are because there is a transposable element (jumping gene) that had interrupted the gene needed for red pigment. The jumping gene jumped out of some cells, and those cells can make the red pigment again. The red areas are from clones of cells where that had happened.
JohnnieCanucksays
From the Pfft on Carl Correns, “He rediscovered and independently verified the work of Mendel in a separate model organism. He also discovered cytoplasmic inheritance, an important extension of Mendel’s theories, which demonstrated the existence of extra-chromosomal factors on phenotype.”
It was the strange inheritance patterns for the variegated leaves of Mirabilis jalapa that he investigated while working out cytoplasmic inheritance.
Looks alot like a morning glory, although I’ve never seen that color on one. I’m sure if you look at it in UV, it’ll all be one color, different and bright, from the plant itself (which would be black).
Chuck Goeckesays
I think when flowers have that particular type of variegation with an almost digital stripping or stippling, it’s due to a virus. At least I think that is the case in rose varieties that have similar coloring patterns. Like most plant viruses, they are not fatal, and may not even be very detrimental. Actually beneficial, if one considers that people select the color. When tulips with that color variegation were first offered at Dutch Bulb auctions in the 17th or 18th century, they fetched thousands of dollars equivalent money at the time, undoubtedly to other growers, planning to propagated them.
DLCsays
I have no Stamen, and I must pollenate.
Mike Hubensays
It may not be known precisely which mechanism causes variegation in Mirabilis flowers. There are many possible causes which have been worked out in Petunias and Morning Glories. Here’s an article that lists the possible mechanisms.
I love 4 O’clocks! Their fragrance is divine. I had pink, white, yellow, and various bi-colored combinations of all three. Alas, when I moved, the seeds I planted all came up pink, and pink they have stayed. They still smell wonderful, though.
jahigginbothamsays
#13 JC, thanks i’ve also had yellow zucchini grow greener and greener squash in a season
#12
a) flower color – psychedelic
b) flower name – 4 o’clock
c) 4:20 – marijuana usage
Chuck Goeckesays
Thanks Mike Huben. Damn, I knew those Daylily people were nerds, but jeeeze!
JA, I think they need to call this particular cultivar, the “4:20 o’clock.”
Flower, you’re breaking up on me. Over.
I’m just tripping, you silly person. Over and out.
Glen Davidson
Is that flower on GMT?
Ah, do you have one of those Dalí Chronographs? Better watch out for long-legged Elephants then…
Back in the day, we would check the Fo’ O’clocks to see if it was reasonably close to 4:20 yet. Not that it really made a difference.
You can get this result on occasion if you have both the yellow and the fuchsia plants growing near each other. So, I guess it’s due to cross-pollination?
It looks to me that the flower indicates that it is 7:00.
I’ve got yellow and red (mostly) growing together (planted this spring) – guess i’d better plant all the seeds.
Also my years old red jupiter’s beards seem to have sprouted a white variety (which i have seen but definitely did not have).
Zernk #4 – Darn, you beat me to it.
Actually, it was just 4:20 here. Now it’s 4:39…
Looks more like it’s 25 O’Clock.
Pharyngula Standard Time
It reads 6:20 pm. Duh.
Can someone let me in on the joke? Because I don’t get it. (yes, go ahead, laugh at me)
jahigginbotham:
I’m not familiar with Jupiter’s Beard flowers, but I have seen both Gladiolus and Hippeastrum (sold as Amaryllis) flowers acquire larger and larger white areas on the tepals as the years pass.
It seems to be a common effect, but I have never heard an explanation.
ibyea, that’s a 4 O’clock plant.
Mirabilis jalapa – Marvel of Peru or 4, oClock, because it opens its flowers around four oclock. It opens then to catch the passing trade of moths as they stagger out of bed and get ready for the night’s work.
They grow like weeds here, we have tons of them in the yard, all colors.
I think the color patterns are because there is a transposable element (jumping gene) that had interrupted the gene needed for red pigment. The jumping gene jumped out of some cells, and those cells can make the red pigment again. The red areas are from clones of cells where that had happened.
From the Pfft on Carl Correns, “He rediscovered and independently verified the work of Mendel in a separate model organism. He also discovered cytoplasmic inheritance, an important extension of Mendel’s theories, which demonstrated the existence of extra-chromosomal factors on phenotype.”
It was the strange inheritance patterns for the variegated leaves of Mirabilis jalapa that he investigated while working out cytoplasmic inheritance.
Looks alot like a morning glory, although I’ve never seen that color on one. I’m sure if you look at it in UV, it’ll all be one color, different and bright, from the plant itself (which would be black).
I think when flowers have that particular type of variegation with an almost digital stripping or stippling, it’s due to a virus. At least I think that is the case in rose varieties that have similar coloring patterns. Like most plant viruses, they are not fatal, and may not even be very detrimental. Actually beneficial, if one considers that people select the color. When tulips with that color variegation were first offered at Dutch Bulb auctions in the 17th or 18th century, they fetched thousands of dollars equivalent money at the time, undoubtedly to other growers, planning to propagated them.
I have no Stamen, and I must pollenate.
It may not be known precisely which mechanism causes variegation in Mirabilis flowers. There are many possible causes which have been worked out in Petunias and Morning Glories. Here’s an article that lists the possible mechanisms.
Daylily Genetics Part 3 Variegated or broken flower colors: Jumping genes?
I love 4 O’clocks! Their fragrance is divine. I had pink, white, yellow, and various bi-colored combinations of all three. Alas, when I moved, the seeds I planted all came up pink, and pink they have stayed. They still smell wonderful, though.
#13 JC, thanks i’ve also had yellow zucchini grow greener and greener squash in a season
#12
a) flower color – psychedelic
b) flower name – 4 o’clock
c) 4:20 – marijuana usage
Thanks Mike Huben. Damn, I knew those Daylily people were nerds, but jeeeze!
JA, I think they need to call this particular cultivar, the “4:20 o’clock.”