tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post2963648060763308577..comments2024-03-13T19:28:05.813-04:00Comments on Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: An unusual "quadrillium"Jim McCormachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-39680703346883366602018-05-15T20:54:31.667-04:002018-05-15T20:54:31.667-04:00Wonderful! My sister found & photographed a 4-...Wonderful! My sister found & photographed a 4-petaled Painted Trillium in Maine, Spring of 2017.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588872199328044722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-31103448729565735492011-05-16T15:18:34.049-04:002011-05-16T15:18:34.049-04:00Funny you should say that, Michael. I came in her...Funny you should say that, Michael. I came in here to say that I once found a T. grandiflorum with six petals that was infected with mycoplasma.Wallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468862097446709237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-15597146732023465042011-05-16T10:45:04.899-04:002011-05-16T10:45:04.899-04:00That's a really cool specimen. mycoplasma lik...That's a really cool specimen. mycoplasma like bacteria have been shown to produce double flowered forms and color variants in t.grandiflorum , perhaps the same is true for the painted. Either way its rare and beautiful and congrats on finding it.Michael Bartneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00274980237298207404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-66376792920510135812011-05-15T22:09:25.588-04:002011-05-15T22:09:25.588-04:00Absolutely fantastic, Jim! This is the last of th...Absolutely fantastic, Jim! This is the last of the Ohio indigenous Trillium I need to see and the four-petaled specimen is mind blowingly gorgeous! Glad you all had a great time birding and botanizing in WV!Andrew Lane Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555125434346996812noreply@blogger.com