This plant of a friend seems to only produce calyxes. Is this a genetic thing or could it also be due to some kind of stress? If it is because of genetics, do you think this could be worth saving by taking a cutting?

  • @AWistfulNihilist
    1•3 months ago

    Oh yeah, super common argument, old heads especially. That image is at least a decade old and has served well!

    Most scientific studies and even most modern literature identify that structure in the image as the bract. Whereas the cannabis calyx is a few cells thick and covers the seed, part of the perianth. it’s not visible until a seed has expanded.

    Lemme give you an example:

    https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2019.00350/full

    It’s funny tho, this study calls out the argument.

    Argument

    Despite all this you still see it both ways, or bract (calyx)/calyx(bract). Calyx was the term for a long time.

    • @SchmidtGenetics
      1•3 months ago

      It’s not an argument, only cannabis growers (incorrectly) call it a bract, it’s a calyx by plant nomenclature.

      Maybe don’t just read cannabis material? You can learn a lot more from general botany. Uneducated growers have been calling it incorrectly for so long, that people following along are now incorrectly saying it’s the correct term. And people like you perpetuate it. New growers see old growers using it, reference that, and now you’re quoting it like it’s gospel.

      It’s a calyx, the bracts protect them, sorry dude.

      Edit, holy fuck dude, read your own link, picture from it

      https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/447153/fpls-10-00350-HTML/image_m/fpls-10-00350-g002.jpg

      The bracts are below the singled flower (calyx)