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![]() I have grown some, partly to try as a salad plant, and am thoroughly confused by the difference between the leaves of what I have and the descriptions and most pictures. My plants have leaves like: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...num_02_ies.jpg But they have been grown without water stress, and are therefore using C3 metabolism. Does anyone know if the leaf shape changed when they switch to CAM metabolism? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Chris Hogg wrote: aka Livingstone Daisy aka Ice Plant. I can't help with your query, but in 'Mesembs of the World'*, under Dorotheanus, it says that D. bellidiformis subsp. bellidiformis is extremely variable, which may be a simpler explanation for the uncharacteristic leaf shape of yours. Thanks. That could well explain it, very simply. Anyway, grown with ample water, it has a good texture for salad but next to no taste. So I need to see what it's like when stressed. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Chris Hogg wrote: aka Livingstone Daisy aka Ice Plant. I can't help with your query, but in 'Mesembs of the World'*, under Dorotheanus, it says that D. bellidiformis subsp. bellidiformis is extremely variable, which may be a simpler explanation for the uncharacteristic leaf shape of yours. Thanks. That could well explain it, very simply. Anyway, grown with ample water, it has a good texture for salad but next to no taste. So I need to see what it's like when stressed. IME mesembs in general root pretty easily from cuttings. Whether that's true of the annual ones I don't know, but you could try a cutting from the plant in question and after it's rooted and established, stress it to see if it changes habit. I have several plants, all much the same, and they will get stressed at some stage, but it's a good idea of your to do an experiment. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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