I sowed these seeds last spring and was delighted to find these two monstrose seedlings when I was separating and potting these up.
One appears to be a conventional crest, but the other is strange to me. I haven't been growing for many seasons, but I had never seen this kind of morphology on a monstrose tricho before.
It looks almost puckered up like a crest collapsed inward or something. I am relieved to see it working on a new pup though. I wonder if it will have a terminating tip pattern like the short-form TBM or something. Who knows, but it will be fun to wait and see.
I sourced the seeds from Misplant and the cross is TPQC x Jessica, so all pachanoi as far as I understand.
They developed a fair bit more this season. The seedling that was a typical crest fanned out more and is looking really pretty.
The goofy bulbous one held that shape for a few months but then began cresting all over. It's a really strange plant.
Progress update?
Oh wow that looks wild!