Here is one of the weird looking Myrciarias that sprouted...I thought at first it could be a deficiency or too much of a certain micro-nutrient... but i've noticed the leaves are like none other I've seen...I keep waiting for the plant to grow out of it...maybe the leaf type will change?
For now it makes very small, slender, leaves...with a bit of fuzz on them...which is somewhat unusual.
I'm beginning to suspect that its a seedling of the hybrid (red jaboticaba)...after planting thousands of them, I'm realizing they have more variation than I thought...but you really have to plant thousands to notice.
Next I have to post some pics of the strange trunciflora seedling that sprouted...it's definitely unusual. Looks like a perfect cross between M. trunciflora and the Red jabo, (M. cauliflora hybrid). I will post pics of all three trees to show what I'm talking about.
I have got some jabos that I need to post pics of...
I have some peculiar seedlings that popped up...I can't identify them...so it's exciting for now...that is, until the leaves revert back to normal, and I realize what they are! or maybe I'm lucky...and have a new variety...I think it will be a little of both.
I also have a grafted tree (scions taken from my friends tree) that I can't identify....it reminds me somewhat of truciflora, but the leaves are fuzzy when young...and fuzzy on the undersides when mature...also, I've seen the mother tree flower, and they don't hang from stalks...so it can't be a variety of trunciflora.
I will try to post pics by sunday
Ok...here is a short story...with some pictures, of a strange jaboticaba seedling
as you can see in the post above, about 2-3yrs ago I planted a bunch of red jaboticaba seeds, and one of the seeds came up looking very strange, with a compact growth habit, and unique foliage appearance...having small lance shaped leaves...at least 3 x smaller than usual for Red jabo.
well..i took care of that seedling, hoping I would have a new variety...but it's growth was stunted...and it refused to grow at a normal pace...the seedling never did decline, but eventually it started to grow an extremely vigorous sucker from the base....being that it was the only real growth i had seen, I did not stop the sucker from growing....
it turned out that the sucker put out normal foliage, and the original, small strange looking seedling remained....stunted, and peculiar looking...now at least 5x smaller than the normal looking sucker that outgrew it.
so....i thought to myself...maybe this is a sport? I'll try to graft it, and see if it keeps the strange foliage, and growth habit!
here is the result of my experiment so far:
(it's hard to tell at this stage, but looks like it will keep its strange characteristics! and has started to grow vigorously now that it's on sabara roots!)
i'm wondering if this branch was just diseased by a virus? or something that made it grow deformed leaves?? i think I've seen this happen before?? but very rarely...
let's see if this is something special, and if I can capture the magic!
