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By valleylynn | A plant clinic for Sempervivum, Jovibarba and J. heuffelii. This is a companion article for the Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum.
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Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin              goldfinch4 Jun 10, 2010 3:02 PM CST |
Boy, these chicks (hanging down) sure look fasciated to me.... What do you think? Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Jun 10, 2010 3:03 PM CST |
A closer shot. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Jun 10, 2010 3:03 PM CST |
Another chick in the same clump - this one standing upright. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b)        valleylynn Jun 10, 2010 4:02 PM CST |
| Well how strange is that? It certainly does look fasciated. Where is twit? Wonder if it is one of those damage things again. It's not on the same plants you had the winter damage on is it? Sure is interesting. Which one is it? |
 twitcher Jun 10, 2010 9:26 PM CST |
| Snoring... zzzzzzz...... |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) valleylynn Jun 10, 2010 10:13 PM CST |
twit, wake up. I hear you snoring.  |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Jun 11, 2010 1:28 AM CST |
Time to get up Twit! Rise and shine!  No, it's not the same ones that had winter damage. This is just a noid. I'm going to leave them and see what happens. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) valleylynn Jun 11, 2010 4:08 PM CST |
| Keep taking pictures Chris. Wonder if they will produce fasciated chicks? |
| twitcher Jun 11, 2010 4:40 PM CST |
Fasciated and other odd growing plants are valuable oddities. Please take care of that one - even if it is a no id at this point, if the pattern continues and reproduces, you could have something worth naming. Perhaps you've got Sempervivum 'Chris's Peculiarity' growing...  |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) valleylynn Jun 11, 2010 5:41 PM CST |
| I'm liking that name twit. Let me know when it's official so I can add it to the database. |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Jun 12, 2010 7:23 AM CST |
 Chris's Peculiarity! I like that! I have several hens of that variety producing those chicks, so I will definitely give them extra TLC.Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) valleylynn Jun 12, 2010 8:16 AM CST |
 Oh wow, we have a 'Mad Scientist' in the Cubit. I am so excited seeing their progress Chris.  How interesting it will be to see if they produce chicks, and if the fasciated hens will flower. I have a fasciated lewisia and it will never bloom again. It bloomed for years before sending out all the fasciated leaves.  |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Jun 12, 2010 8:35 AM CST |
| That looks pretty cool! I've had fasciated lilies, but they were only that way for one year. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) valleylynn Jun 12, 2010 11:17 AM CST |
| The lewisia is permanent, but it does have one pup coming off of it that appears to be normal. |
Name: BlueFox Grand Forks, B.C. Cdn. Zone 5A (Zone 4a) Romantic & Rustic, Xeric & Organic         BlueFox Jul 9, 2010 2:17 PM CST |
| Some fasciation is caused by a virus, or other damage, and some plants certainly are more prone to it. Interesting! |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Jul 10, 2010 6:05 AM CST |
| I've tried to take special care of these, but the fasciated chicks seem to be drying up. I will keep an eye on the hen to see if it produces any more like this. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) valleylynn Jul 10, 2010 8:01 AM CST |
| Oh no, I am so sorry to hear that Chris. I was looking forward to them becoming a mature odd plant. |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Jul 10, 2010 3:12 PM CST |
| I know - me too! Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Louise East Texas, zones 7b/8a louise Jul 22, 2010 4:47 PM CST |
| Interesting..... please explain 'fasciated' - for a gardener trying to learn how to grow lots and lots of these plants for a wreath (I already have the form !). I realize that goal may be years..?????... in the future.  Louise |
| twitcher Jul 22, 2010 4:53 PM CST |
| Simply put, fasciation is when one or more growing parts of the plant get damaged or go off program to produce abnormal plant structures, typically enlarged and/or flattened from the normal. |
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