Banisteriopsis Caapi 'Ourinhos x Caupuri' Triploid

[Casuarius]

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Edited January 22, 2011 by Casuarius

[btotl]

This is fantastic!

I wish i had one!

[Alice]

You have some good plants Casuarius, I always enjoy reading your posts.

[mr b.caapi]

Living in the perfect zone too id say . So jealous.

[tripsis]

Very interesting plant Casuarius. Do you think the alternating leaf pattern will persist?

[Zaka]

Irie,

I've got a few Caupuri strain from Brazil, that display this characteristic!

Respect,

Z

[ferret]

cool little seedling, though I don't think triploid is the right term, triploid refers to having 3 sets of chromosomes as far as i know ??

[tripsis]

Yes, you're right ferret. I think the correct term would be tricotyledonous?

Do you have photos of those seedlings Zaka?

[Casuarius]

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Edited January 22, 2011 by Casuarius

[tripsis]

Only have two cotyledons when it germinated? Then I suppose it would have to be considered a dicot. I still don't think having three sets of leaves would make it triplod. Wheat is hexaploid, but doesn't have six sets of leaves. Perhaps trifoliate would be better?

I'd love to see that tricot iboga of yous Casuarius.

[Casuarius]

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Edited January 22, 2011 by Casuarius

[planter]

triploid = 3n = 3 sets of chromosomes

leaf morphology is not an indication of the level of ploidy in a plant

a triploid will be sterile though

and yes, diff levels of ploidy occur naturally in plants but since triploids are sterile they are rare, often human creations (think of the banana, no developed seeds in cultivated triploid vars, they get 3n by crossing tetraploids (4n) with diploids (2n) if i recall correctly) fertile ones like tetraploids and hexaploids(6n) occur though (wheat is a hexaploid, and has made sequencing its genome a total mess)

[mutant]

Casuarius, your threads are educational and interesting, nice to have you here!

[Zaka]

Irie,

I had some good shots somewhere but here's a shot of the one on the fence.

I had about 3 or 4 but must have given some away or something??

Respect

Z

[Casuarius]

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Edited January 22, 2011 by Casuarius