These two N. Viking x ampullaria Black Miracle were from the same batch of seeds and were seeded at the same time by the same grower, a friend of mine. I got the green one from him about 2.5 months ago, red one just came in yesterday.
They’ve spent the last few months in different conditions: green one on my planter receiving about 4-6 hours of direct afternoon sun and about another 4-6 hours of indirect sunlight the rest of the day. When it arrived, it was just about the size of the red one as well, if not ever so slightly bigger. Red one’s been in his growing space, under shaded sunlight for the entire day.
It’s fascinating to me how a change in conditions can cause two plants from the same parents to grow at such different rates. It’s also fascinating that these two have similar traits, yet look so different.
Studying Biology and learning about genetic diversity was one thing, seeing it happen before my eyes is another completely. The younger me of 15 years ago would’ve loved this.
Thank you for reading through my nerdy ramble.
by SingerChan
3 Comments
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
Can this be attributed solely to genetic diversity? If both plants had grown under the same conditions, I would completely agree. But since this wasn’t the case, I would argue that the direct sunlight is more likely responsible for the different plant growth. What do you think?
As a fellow nerdy rambler, posts like these are heavily appareciated 🙂