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A Very Strange Shape !!!

18 years ago

My Lovely Neighbour bought this in for me today as she had never seen one like that before.

Well neither have I, but because I water her garden when she is away I do get to see the odd Gerbera.

Some have rectangle centres instead of round, but only these short stems one what would cause that.

Does any one know as I have no idea....Cheers...MM.

Very Strange Gerbera:---

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ashmeri
18 years ago
MM, the centre of that one would have had a lot of strange guesses to think what it was in the mystery pictures.
User
Original Author
18 years ago
No Way Marion I could not have done that.
Or could I !!!!!!!
Mind you the thought did cross my mind.
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goldhills
18 years ago
It nearly looks 'evil'

It would've been evil of you to use that in the mystery photos :)
User
18 years ago
Hi MM,
If you have a close look you can see that it is actually two flowers joined together. The botanical equivalent of Siamese twins. Interesting.
Cheers,
Dee.
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Original Author
18 years ago
HI Dee..Yes we thought it looked like Siamese twins also..
GH..Its does have that evil look about it or maybe Alien !!!
Cheers...MM.
barbarah_70
18 years ago
Most unusual, I did once have a Cattleya orchid, that was a siamese twin, 2 perfect flowers but they were joined together. Would you believe I never took a photo of it?
annie_____
18 years ago
MM, somewhere I may have a photo just like that, that I took at my sister's place of a creamy gerbera.
I'll go and look.
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