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(31-10-2020, 09:54 PM)Moth Wrote: I've just discovered that wisteria chinensis (Chinese wisteria) twines right handed, but wisteria floribunda (Japanese wisteria) twines left handed. It's very rare to have two plants of the same species that twine in opposite directions apparently.How interesting!
Now tell me this, what causes the twining? I always thought it was the daylight on one side of the stalk, but if two plants can twine in different directions that blows that theory out of the water. I'm sure someone will tell me in great scientific detail.
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