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2 trees from 1 seed, libani twin trunk ?

Posted: August 17th, 2014, 3:32 pm
by FEX
Hi everyone, this looks interesting, looks like 2 libani will come out of 1 seed, any explanations? cheers,Fex

Re: 2 trees from 1 seed, libani twin trunk ?

Posted: August 17th, 2014, 4:00 pm
by Phoenix238
Well, that's different :shock:

Re: 2 trees from 1 seed, libani twin trunk ?

Posted: August 17th, 2014, 4:59 pm
by Elmar
CONGRATULATIONS - It's twins!

Lol, can you separate them? Or are they Siamsee?

Re: 2 trees from 1 seed, libani twin trunk ?

Posted: August 17th, 2014, 5:13 pm
by FEX
CoGRedeMptioN wrote:CONGRATULATIONS - It's twins!

Lol, can you separate them? Or are they Siamsee?
:lol: Siamani twins . I'll try and plant and see if they can separate themselves, or just keep moistened for now and see if they separate after some time. cheers,Fex

Re: 2 trees from 1 seed, libani twin trunk ?

Posted: August 17th, 2014, 7:12 pm
by shibui
Some plants regularly produce polyembryonic seeds and I'm guessing that is what is happening here.

Most citrus seeds contain 3 or 4 embryos and, even more interesting, usually only 1 is the result of fertilisation. The others are clones of the mother :o

Re: 2 trees from 1 seed, libani twin trunk ?

Posted: August 17th, 2014, 11:21 pm
by FEX
shibui wrote:Some plants regularly produce polyembryonic seeds and I'm guessing that is what is happening here.

Most citrus seeds contain 3 or 4 embryos and, even more interesting, usually only 1 is the result of fertilisation. The others are clones of the mother :o
interesting, so what do you think happened,the seed already had 2 embryos inside, maybe 2 identical trees, or not :?: cheers,Fex