A Teaser(solved)

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

What is this plant (centre) 6 feet tall and still growing?




Good day

[Farhan Ahmed]

Celosia.......cockscomb tall variety

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Celosia.......cockscomb tall variety

Is it a tall variety or a mutation. I have never seen one as tall, letus see how it blooms.

[Farhan Ahmed]

I have several of these will share pics....

Early sowing of seeds taken from tall cockscomb variety(F-1) results in what you see.......

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

this is the wild type.Farhan is there any F-1 cocks combs.please if any i want to know the variety.

[Izhar]

Mutation.. i am not sure.. but you can observe similar features in cosmos sulphureus, one plant behaved as a perennial..!! it survived 2 years.. some plants grow above 6 feet and dont bloom..

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Mutation.. i am not sure.. but you can observe similar features in cosmos sulphureus, one plant behaved as a perennial..!! it survived 2 years.. some plants grow above 6 feet and dont bloom..

True they keep growing and do bloom mostly it is a vegitative growth.

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

the wild cocks comb bloom but the blooms are of poor quality.it can gain hight up to 8 ft.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Finally it has bloomed having achieved eleven feet.



I will save and sow some seeds to see if it is a mutation or a freak.

[Farhan Ahmed]

@Umarkhanmardan

This is the tall variety and the blooms are no way insignificant. Atleast a foot wide. Plant height is 4-5 feet with me and i have never seen this in any nursery. Nursery man say that they are not growing this variety any more. Seeds are available with me if anyone interested.




These pics are old. Flower head has grown even more now