The one 'Double Knock Out' seedling that I kept recently issued a new basal shoot, the blooms of which were quite leafy:
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| Large leafy sepals, each looking almost exactly like a normal terminal leaflet. The stamens have also proliferated into leafy structures. |
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| These sepals are so leaf-like that they have both terminal and side leaflets. |
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| Underside, showing a very convincing petiole to the left. |
Although at the moment I'm not sure what causes blooms to develop like this, I hope the trait proves to be stable. How novel it would be if this variety consistently made these little "boutonnieres," framing each flower with a cluster of basal "foliage" derived from the sepals.
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