Viola
 

My face is red. You know how we tell all these wet-behind-the-ears high school
students with their term papers to do a Web search first. Well, just for the
heck of it, I tried searching on "viola flowering mechanism" and sure enough, I
found an article on chasmatogamous vs. cleistogamous flowering in violets.
However, the researcher was vague on what causes the difference, so if anyone
has further information, I would like to know.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Viola
 

"Iris Cohen" a écrit dans le message de news:
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My face is red. You know how we tell all these wet-behind-the-ears high
school
students with their term papers to do a Web search first. Well, just for
the
heck of it, I tried searching on "viola flowering mechanism" and sure
enough, I
found an article on chasmatogamous vs. cleistogamous flowering in violets.
However, the researcher was vague on what causes the difference, so if
anyone
has further information, I would like to know.
Iris,

Perhaps you will have some responses or explanations on
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/violet/
or
http://www.americanvioletsociety.org...About_Violets/
Duration of the daylight is probably the first factor
But I think nobody has a clear idea on 'Why?'

Best regards
Denis (French member of "Les amis de la violette")