Erythranthe naiandina_seasonal _comp_1_1
so check this out! This is a composite photo of a single plant of Erythranthe naiandina (Mimulus naiandinus). The image on the left is with flowers most similar to the wild type from the Andes of S.A. and is the way the flowers looked on 24 April 2013, shortly after I received the plant which bore them from Annie's Annuals. It is a known cultivar. The photo on the right is the very same plant as it is blooming right now, 8 August 2013. Both photos were taken by me with the same camera and lens and similar timing and natural lighting. Very interesting how the floral pigmentation has shifted within the exact same plant in one season. The early flowers look very similar to the Andean plants, or at least more similar than do those produced after arrival in Seattle. It should also be noted that this plant has produced more subtly colored flowers ever since it set its first buds after arrival in Seattle, and that the early flower seen here passed through shipping from socal to my home, and it was a little ragged from the travel, with damaged leaf and very slightly mangled flower. So what controls this pigmentation gene?? Maybe temperature? Seriously, I have no clue what factor or combination of factors causes the differential pheontypic expression of the same genotype in a single individual in a single season! I love it! Please inform me!
Erythranthe naiandina_seasonal _comp_1_1
so check this out! This is a composite photo of a single plant of Erythranthe naiandina (Mimulus naiandinus). The image on the left is with flowers most similar to the wild type from the Andes of S.A. and is the way the flowers looked on 24 April 2013, shortly after I received the plant which bore them from Annie's Annuals. It is a known cultivar. The photo on the right is the very same plant as it is blooming right now, 8 August 2013. Both photos were taken by me with the same camera and lens and similar timing and natural lighting. Very interesting how the floral pigmentation has shifted within the exact same plant in one season. The early flowers look very similar to the Andean plants, or at least more similar than do those produced after arrival in Seattle. It should also be noted that this plant has produced more subtly colored flowers ever since it set its first buds after arrival in Seattle, and that the early flower seen here passed through shipping from socal to my home, and it was a little ragged from the travel, with damaged leaf and very slightly mangled flower. So what controls this pigmentation gene?? Maybe temperature? Seriously, I have no clue what factor or combination of factors causes the differential pheontypic expression of the same genotype in a single individual in a single season! I love it! Please inform me!