5 leafs straight from seed

This little girl just popped her shell and came out with 5 leafs. Have not seen this before and thought was pretty cool. DP Colorado Cookies

It's called Whorled Phyllotaxy. It will produce MANY budding sites with 3 branches per node instead of the normal two per node.

She's opened a little more and actually 6 leafs, she's popping triples. Hoping she keeps going this way!!

RetiredGuerilla said:

It's called Whorled Phyllotaxy. It will produce MANY budding sites with 3 branches per node instead of the normal two per node.

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Do you know if this is something passed genetically or just an "anomaly"?

chakup said:

Do you know if this is something passed genetically or just an "anomaly"?

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It's rare. I been growing over 30 years and I have only grown them 2 or 3 times. It's genetic and will make a very bushy plant.

RetiredGuerilla said:

It's rare. I been growing over 30 years and I have only grown them 2 or 3 times. It's genetic and will make a very bushy plant.

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This is really interesting. If it’s genetic, would it be possible to breed it into a new strain? I’m very new to all this but, I’m taking in all the new info I can.

I would think if you crossed it with a whorled phyllotaxy male it would increase your odds in the offspring.