Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Wednesday Vignette, well that's odd!

Last week we had a streak of very windy days here in Portland. Branches, leaves, blooms, needles, cones...they all came blowing into the garden. Cleaning up afterwards, I reached for this leaf and realized something just wasn't quite right...

That's a leaf from Clifford, the big-leaf magnolia—Magnolia macrophylla. But it's split, bifurcated. FREAKY! **update** I now believe I jumped to the wrong conclusion and this is actually a mutant Tetrapanax papyrifer leaf, not a Magnolia macrophylla leaf, darn. Thanks to a Instagram follower for questioning my conclusion and setting me straight.

This is what Clifford's leaves are supposed to look like.

Weather Diary, May 12: Hi 65, Low 52/ Precip .05

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7 comments:

  1. Nature is not always on the same plan.

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  2. Mutants are everywhere and add a bit of intrigue in the garden.

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  3. Can you imagine would Cliffors would look like if all of the leaves were like that? Ha ha!

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  4. Whoa - that's really interesting... Wonder how/why it happened?

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  5. Nature always keeps you guessing. Good thing you have sharp eyes.

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  6. Clifford was checking to see if you were paying attention.

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  7. Is it as lucky as the four leaf clover? I'm going to say yes, even though the tune from the twilight zone of the is playing in my head...

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