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Sun, Mar 21, 10 at 13:37
| I hope it's not taking a liberty, Lucy, but I have a question particularly for your good self.
I read on a posting some time ago here where you said that there were different types of Serissa, maybe even in answer to a posting of my own. It was to do with there being no smell, bad or otherwise, from the bark or roots. I have had two, bought around the same time, one sadly no longer with us..the survivor is doing fine...there is definitely no scent of any kind from either cutting the root, or anywhere else. However, I was reading re. Serissa today in the RHS Encyclopaedia of Plants and Flowers, DK 2008, that Serissa is a one species genus, and that the one species is known as either Serissa foetida or S. japonica. What do you think? There is nothing foetid about my plant in any way. Many thanks for reading this, and of course if anyone else has an opinion, I would be grateful for that input also. |
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| Hi, I'm Lucy aka Larke, but not sure what you're asking... if it's which variety of Serissa you have, I can only guess that it's Japonica if it's not smelly. If you're asking something else, let me know. |
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- Posted by marguerite Ireland (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 10 at 13:53
| Thank you, Lucy/Larke for the quick reply. What I mean is, the encyclopaedia says that there is only one species of Serissa in the genus, and that it has two names, either Serissa foetida or S. japonica, i.e. that they are the same plant. But I rather tend to think you are right when you say there are different specii, because my plant has no foetid smell from it anywhere. |
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| Oh, I had not actually heard (only one type), and don't actually "know" if there is just one or not, but it seemed worth a shot :-). |
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- Posted by head_cutter Vietnam (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 10 at 22:48
| Over the years I have found 2, one is serissa f. the other may be (and I believe it was marked serissa j) the Japonica. It has a leaf a little smaller and verigated on the margin, obelate in shape. The flower is of the same shape but pink to purple in color. There was no 'smell' as with the serissa f, which I found very minimal in most of them. The verigated variety is very weak most of the time, almost any change in it's environment will cause death. Bob (who is still AKA: Bob) |
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- Posted by botanicalbill 9b SWFlorida (My Page) on Wed, Mar 31, 10 at 20:36
| Just because one smells and one does not, does not mean they are two separate species. It could just be a variation. To determine if they are the same species or not, breed the two plants, plant the seeds and if you get fertile offspring then they are the same species. I would guess its just a variation, sometimes referred to as a subspecies. |
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- Posted by marguerite Ireland (My Page) on Fri, Apr 2, 10 at 17:14
| larke, head cutter and botanical bill, thank you all so much for giving such consideration to my question and replying. I take on board re. the different varieties, so there probably is just the one species. I enjoy all your posts, and would like to wish you and all here a lovely, happy Easter and lots of pleasant hours with your trees. |
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