I noticed this flower in Minneapolis and I can’t conceive of how it could be growing THROUGH a leaf? Wouldn’t the leaf just blow out of the way? Or wouldn’t the flower just push the leaf up as it grows? Someone please help! This is very disturbing.
by donky69420
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oh this is insane! lmao!!! the things poking thru are pretty rigid so makes sense a bit
Is it not:
Hole in leaf
Bud grows thru hole
Unfurl
Wow! Where did that happened?
This must be the extra fast echinacea.
The floret buds in echinacea can be relatively hard and sharp. My guess is that allowed them to get through the leaf. Maybe wind/rain/something moved the leaf and inflorescence against each other, letting the buds scrape through the leaf, rather than the buds piercing it just by the force of the stem-growth.
Oh wow that’s awesome