Strange Nep Pic on Facebook

[dashman]

Hopefully the owner will respond with what it is. The strangest peristome I have ever seen.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=141029&id=100000081262187

 

[F R e N c H 3 z]

Woe! Looks like a deformed mirabilis var. echinostoma hybrid. Nice find

 

[jimscott]

Who is Alfred Lay and why isn't he on TF?

 

[Devon]

woah! That's awsoome!

 

[CN]

Who is Alfred Lay and why isn't he on TF?

he is on another forum . He Has some Neat plants.
I have him on my FB page

 

[SirKristoff]

Yep Yann, its a mirabilis var. echinostoma.

 

[Capensis]

...What the heck. And have you seen his other pictures? Amazing bicals and amps.

 

[dashman]

Yep Yann, its a mirabilis var. echinostoma.

Do they all have this type of peristome at some stage? All of the pics I have seen of mirabilis var echinostoma seemed to have a contiguous peristome and not one made of what looks to be "tentacles".

Very cool!

 

[SirKristoff]

the little teeth are a trait of echinostoma. maybe youve seen younger ones, or the teeth werent protruding, but rather laying down against the peristome or just slightly raised as seems to be the case in many of the echinostoma photos ive seen.

 

[dashman]

Ah, I see. Thanks for the info.