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Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 28, 2018
Caption: This home hybrid had similar ancestry to my carnivorous specimen. Similar bloom structure, but probably not functionally carnivorous. But no rain or insects to trap indoors.
Photo location: My indoor basement garden under lights.
Date of photo: March 2018

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 20, 2018
Caption: A "needle petaled" Zinnia hybrida. Its petals are thin tubes. The beginning of a new strain. Plant in a "cage" protecting it from Kansas winds.
Photo location: My North Garden
Date of photo: August 2018

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 20, 2018
Caption: A possibly carnivorous zinnia. Pitcher petals captured rainwater and drowned small insects. Zinnia petals can absorb foliar nutrients. A visiting insect is visible. Zinnias are capable of some weird things.
Photo location: My North Garden
Date of photo: August 2012

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: November 20, 2018
Caption: This is a new specimen of Zinnia hybrida, with interspecific Z. elegans & Z. haageana ancestry.
Photo location: My South Garden
Date of photo: August 2018

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 20, 2018
Caption: This is a new specimen of Zinnia hybrida, with interspecific Z. elegans & Z. haageana ancestry.
Photo location: My South Garden
Date of photo: August 2018

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 20, 2018
Caption: This is a new specimen of Zinnia hybrida, with interspecific Z. elegans & Z. haageana ancestry.
Photo location: My South Garden
Date of photo: September 2018

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 19, 2018
Caption: This is a new specimen of Zinnia hybrida, with interspecific Z. elegans & Z. haageana ancestry.
Photo location: My South Garden
Date of photo: September 2018

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 14, 2016
Caption: This zinnia had good "toothy" petals and a desirable white color on the petal backsides.
Photo location: My North zinnia garden
Date of photo: Fall 2014

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 13, 2016
Caption: This home hybrid zinnia got both its "toothy" petals and bicolor coloration from Whirligig grandparents
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 11, 2016
Caption: This large sturdy dark yellow hybrid zinnia showed a touch of bicolor near the base of its big petals.
Photo location: My North zinnia garden
Date of photo: Fall 2014

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 10, 2016
Caption: I like the informal petals and loose structure of this bloom. I like to be able to "see through" a zinnia bloom.
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 10, 2016
Caption: I like the zinnias I can grow on my chrome wire steel shelving. Sometimes the chrome "sets off" a zinnia bloom.
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 10, 2016
Caption: Some "exotic" tubular zinnias look rather like "regular" zinnias from a distance.
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 8, 2016
Caption: A selection from California Giants. Characteristic spoonish petals.
Photo location: My North zinnia garden
Date of photo: August 2016

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 8, 2016
Caption: This bloom reminded me very much of a waterlily. A scabious zinnia crossed with a giant flowered zinnia produced a huge enlargement of the scabious "guard petals". Genetic recombinations from creative hybridization can create totally new zinnias. "Be the
Photo location: My front porch container garden
Date of photo: Late April, 1014

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 7, 2016
Caption: I like the irregular shape of those petals, the overall soft color, and the unique edge coloring.
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 6, 2016
Caption: This zinnia had a lot of Whirligig "blood" in it. The "toothy" petal tips are also of Whirligig origin. Whirligigs are a fun zinnia to grow, and cross with your other zinnias.
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 5, 2016
Caption: Some tubular petaled zinnias with narrow tubes can resemble bursts of fireworks in dim lighting.
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 5, 2016
Caption: Some zinnia petals have a trident shape, with three points at the end of each petal.
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: December 5, 2016
Caption: Some zinnia petals have a corrugated effect.
Photo location: My indoor basement zinnia garden
Date of photo: Winter 2014/2015