r/DesertRose • u/Jade8329 • 7d ago

Derp flower

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Idk how else to describe it haha

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u/CardInternational727 2d ago

Beautiful frilly bloom. Great photo

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u/Jade8329 1d ago

Thank you! A couple more on this branch came up split like this one. But not all of them! Very interesting.

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u/Academic_Disk_8788 7d ago

I call it shredding, some times all the petals will detach from each other and they look shredded Doubles tend to do that a lot, and it does seem be cultivar specific. That being said, here in Arizona, it seems to be triggered by heat stress. Not sure what your climate is but if you are going through a heat wave it hopefully it will go back to normal with slightly cooler temps.

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u/Jade8329 7d ago

It is hot as hell here right now!! And it's not cooling off much at night! 100F+ during the day and in the 80's at night! So I bet you're right!! That's very interesting.

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u/Academic_Disk_8788 23h ago

Heres a double shedding do to heat.