Two Heads Are Better Than One:

Anybody else have plants that split into two and make offsets? My 'Killer' and NoID cf. 'Jungle Fires'. Only these two varieties have split heads in my garden. That pseudo-'Jungle Fires' NoID is about to go minty green and lose most of the red. I have never seen this color change and two heads in a plant until last year. I put every freaky offset in a growing cell.





What do we call this? Schizo- + another word? Split crown? Split head? Two-heads? Not polycephaly, that is more than two heads.

Ann Marie,

It's just "very short stolons". Sometimes you get a bunch embedded along the periphery, sometimes in the center, where it's generally just a couple rosettes.

'Jungle Shadows' does do this and some of the seedlings from it do it too. Generally there are multiple good rosettes the next season from this odd occurrence.

Kevin.

Thank you very much for the explanation. I find this fascinating. I do like this occurrence.

I have had this happen with Red Lion and Grammens.

Melissa Hopper,

Thanks. I have those two so I will keep an eye on them.

Take care.

I have several doing the same thing this year. Persephone did it last year and is absolutely huge this year. I just left it. I think both rosettes are going to bloom.

valleylynn said:I have several doing the same thing this year. Persephone did it last year and is absolutely huge this year. I just left it. I think both rosettes are going to bloom.

Oh cool. I been looking for that cultivar! She is from my favorite story about the seasons. Thanks for sharing that yours did this thing. Both of the two heads on my 'Killer' mother are also getting ready to bloom.

AnnMarie, I do have a couple of 'Persephone' yearlings looking for a new home.
I really wanted to bring the huge double rosette to the new place, but sadly it just would take up a lot of real estate that I don't have at in Oregon City. It makes beautiful rosettes of medium to large size, until a rosette decides to bloom, then it becomes huge. I have offsets out in the new bed.

I would love to home 'Persephone'! Let's figure something out.

So, this morning, one of my two-headed plants of 'Killer' has a third one on the way, maybe. I will photo later, rainy.


I think this is why I got into heuffelii very much this year.

Three heads:

Hello,

Found this in the 'Citrus Sunrise'

Oh my, looks like we are having a run on two headed rosettes this year.

I've saw this on my 'gold nuggest' offset this year.

Nathaniel, photo, please.

Today I received a nice tiny two headed sempervivum all trimmed.

Add another to the list.

I have a NOID which I believe is Faramir that has the "short stolons" thing going on this year.

A close knit family.

Found a Chick Charms plant doing it in my Tutti-Fruitti sempervivum bowl I made last year.

They seem to be popping up every where this year.

My potted Chick Charms 'Director Jacobs'

So interesting to see these.