In the end of October a friend of mine gave me a seedling of PI 281429 variety saying: 'My indoor conditions are not good for this child and I'm afraid it won't be overwintered fine'. 'OK, I'll take care about it', I said without any enthusiasm.
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19 days later the seedling looked so:
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32 days later...
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42 days later...
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53 days later first flower buds appeared. '5 flower buds per node. Nothing unusual for C.chinense varieties', I thought.
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6 days ago I noticed there were 8 buds!
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But now you can see there are 9(!) flower buds at the first node:
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It's not so crowded
at higher nodes ![Icon Mrgreen :D :D](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
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To be continued...
P.S. The plant is growing under HPS 250 Watt lamp indoors in 2 l container
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19 days later the seedling looked so:
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32 days later...
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42 days later...
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53 days later first flower buds appeared. '5 flower buds per node. Nothing unusual for C.chinense varieties', I thought.
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6 days ago I noticed there were 8 buds!
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But now you can see there are 9(!) flower buds at the first node:
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It's not so crowded
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![Icon Mrgreen :D :D](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
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To be continued...
P.S. The plant is growing under HPS 250 Watt lamp indoors in 2 l container