(02-06-2016, 02:12 PM)Sam G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.On f20r, we see a plant with eleven branches branching out from the top of the root. The longest two of these branches have clusters of blue "flowers" at the ends. Interestingly, the leaves on the two branches containing flowers have a alternating pattern of red and green leaf coloration, while the leaves on the other branches are uniformly green.
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I wonder if anyone has ever seen a connection between the presence/absence of flowers and the coloration of the leaves (or any other property of the leaves for that matter, since the coloration may be "symbolic" somehow) in any other botanical illustrations, or if there is any phenomenon like this in the botanical world, even if the plants exhibiting such behavior do not resemble the plant on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in any other way.
There are plants that do that, some in an ordered way, some a little more disordered, usually toward the end of their season.
Let me see if I can quickly find an example (I have to run, unfortunately)...
Okay, here's a quick one. Several species of Hypericon have this characteristic and I quickly grabbed a pic:
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Plant 20r is not likely to be Hypericon (that was just an example I could grab quickly), unless it's one of the Mediterranean dwarf species, it's more likely from the Ericaceae, Lamiaceae (e.g.. thyme) or Lythraceae families. They all have small opposite leaves, sometimes red stems and many of them get red leaves in the fall.
Okay, gotta run...