What can turn a sunflower orange?

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What can turn a sunflower orange?
Topic Started: May 3 2012, 05:03 PM (350 Views)
Alduin	May 3 2012, 05:03 PM Post #1
Professional Wumbologist Posts: 330 Group: Members Member #734 Joined: Mar 23, 2012 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: U.S.A Favorite Quote: Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one	I remember once growing some sunflowers when I was little, and I wished for one of them to have an orange flower, and oddly enough, it had an orange flower. Does anyone know what can cause that to happen? The most likely theory I've had is a mispackaged seed, since none of the others were orange. Though it could also be a genetic mutation. What can cause a sunflower to be orange?



colddigger	May 3 2012, 05:13 PM Post #2
Joke's over! Love, Parasky Posts: 6,116 Group: Members Member #143 Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey! Favorite Quote: "If it weren't for the gutter my mind would be homeless!" - BaliTiger23	There are sunflowers with orange flowers.



Alduin	May 3 2012, 05:15 PM Post #3
Professional Wumbologist Posts: 330 Group: Members Member #734 Joined: Mar 23, 2012 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: U.S.A Favorite Quote: Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one	Yeah, true, so it could've been a mispackaging.



Fakey	May 3 2012, 05:18 PM Post #4
An unreasonable man. Post Rank: What The? Posts: 5,414 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Murrca. Favorite Quote: “I have no fear of losing my life; if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.” -Steve Irwin	If they're sorted by species, then it wasn't mispackaging. Also, there is no one 'flower' on a sunflower stalk. The entire disc is many flowers.



Alduin	May 3 2012, 05:18 PM Post #5
Professional Wumbologist Posts: 330 Group: Members Member #734 Joined: Mar 23, 2012 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: U.S.A Favorite Quote: Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one	You mean variety? Because while there is more than one species of sunflower, most sunflowers are just variants of one species. why does this feel stupid already



Bexi	May 3 2012, 06:24 PM Post #6
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,875 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Moravian	well, my sunflowers are result of buying several seeds many years ago and now I plant them only from my last year seeds, they're pretty mixed already, most are yellow, some are darker in the centre and one was almost brown or bronze, so yes, there is a big variety even this one is just variety of the "common sunflower"



lamna	May 3 2012, 06:54 PM Post #7
In war, victory. In peace, vigilance. In death, sacrifice. Posts: 13,487 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Quote: If they're sorted by species, then it wasn't mispackaging. Ah, enjoy your youth, imagining that behind the scenes there are competent people working and running things, rather than a bunch of people fumbling about, waiting for the day to end. Could be mutation, but it's more likely another variety that slipped in the packet. The memory might be manufactured, more of them are pure fiction that you think, or there might be faeries granting wishes out there.



colddigger	May 3 2012, 06:57 PM Post #8
Joke's over! Love, Parasky Posts: 6,116 Group: Members Member #143 Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey! Favorite Quote: "If it weren't for the gutter my mind would be homeless!" - BaliTiger23	Fakey means that what you picture when you think of a sunflower is actually a mass of small specialized flowers instead of one single giant one.



Alduin	May 3 2012, 07:01 PM Post #9
Professional Wumbologist Posts: 330 Group: Members Member #734 Joined: Mar 23, 2012 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: U.S.A Favorite Quote: Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one	lamna May 3 2012, 06:54 PM Quote: If they're sorted by species, then it wasn't mispackaging. Ah, enjoy your youth, imagining that behind the scenes there are competent people working and running things, rather than a bunch of people fumbling about, waiting for the day to end. Could be mutation, but it's more likely another variety that slipped in the packet. The memory might be manufactured, more of them are pure fiction that you think, or there might be faeries granting wishes out there. It is true some memories are manufactured... one time I had a dream where I was selling pirated stuff on iTunes and I thought it was real.



Russwallac	May 3 2012, 07:13 PM Post #10
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,901 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	I HATE that... When I have a really good dream, like finding $20, there's that split-second of "WOOHOO!" and then the eternity of "Aw, crap..." afterwards. But I'm off topic. My theory is that it was a natural variation in sunflower color, as opposed to a mispackaging.



Alduin	May 3 2012, 07:20 PM Post #11
Professional Wumbologist Posts: 330 Group: Members Member #734 Joined: Mar 23, 2012 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: U.S.A Favorite Quote: Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one	You are probably right, it was as tall as the others, and some sunflower varieties are only about 3-4 feet, these sunflowers were the types of sunflower that grow up to 8 feet.



Parasky	May 4 2012, 02:11 AM Post #12
The Great Wizzard Posts: 5,398 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American	I like how you guys all buy sunflowers to grow. They're all over the place in summer in Kansas. We're called the sunflower state for a reason. They grow all over open fields and in ditches. They're big flowers, they can get anywhere from one to over three meters tall. And no, I'm not miscalculating the height; three to ten feet. The oil from the seeds is a pretty valuable resource too. The sunflower can be the same species as another and be a different color. What, all flowers have to look alike? Racist. Edited by Parasky, May 4 2012, 02:13 AM.



lamna	May 4 2012, 02:40 AM Post #13
In war, victory. In peace, vigilance. In death, sacrifice. Posts: 13,487 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Like sunflowers really grow. They always get eaten by slugs and snails before they are even halfway grown.



Alduin	May 4 2012, 03:12 AM Post #14
Professional Wumbologist Posts: 330 Group: Members Member #734 Joined: Mar 23, 2012 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: U.S.A Favorite Quote: Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one	Mine sometimes have moth caterpillars, but because they get so large it's no problem.



Parasky	May 4 2012, 04:26 AM Post #15
The Great Wizzard Posts: 5,398 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American	lamna May 4 2012, 02:40 AM Like sunflowers really grow. They always get eaten by slugs and snails before they are even halfway grown. Odd, the slugs and snails here don't eat them. Then again we don't have many of those here, and the ones that we do have tend to be small. Slugs are uncommon, they tend to dry up in our almost Savannah-like summers.



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