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| Abutilon grandifolium double flowering (www.abutilons.ru) |
A New Addition to My Collection
In the summer, I happened to exchange some of my hybrids for this still rather rare plant -- Abutilon grandifolium with double flowers. A plant collector from Moscow somehow purchased it from France, from Kartuz nursery. Pure miracle because of the strict customs sanitary regulations. Actually, she purchased a couple of curious plants, but I got hold only of this one.
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| Abutilon grandifolium double flowering (www.abutilons.ru) |
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| Abutilon grandifolium double flowering (www.abutilons.ru) |
The plant is a weed and behaves like one, except for the double flowers which are ruffled and small. If grown outdoors, the flower petals acquire a somewhat rusty shade. But indoors they are strictly yellow.
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| Abutilon grandifolium double flowering (www.abutilons.ru) |
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| Abutilon grandifolium double flowering (www.abutilons.ru) |
I can see its anthers and pistils (there are 5 small flowers growing like conjoined Siamese twins), but I cannot decide if they are of any use to me yet. As an amateur abutilon breeder, I usually plan cross-pollination carefully because the space I have is limited. What to do with this plant (that is if anything can be done with it at all...), I have no idea. Again, yet.
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| Abutilon grandifolium double flowering (www.abutilons.ru) |
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| Abutilon grandifolium double flowering (www.abutilons.ru) |
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| Abutilon grandifolium double flowering (www.abutilons.ru) |
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