Of the six small Aztekium seedlings, all, but one, of them is spherically or ball shaped.
The sole uniquely shaped little greenish-yellow blob is noticeably convoluted in it's shape.
I had quite a difficult time trying to get some detail on this oddly shaped little mutant.
Does any body think that this seedling is already differentiating to it's more mature shape or is something more sinister ocurring here.....
.....maybe a two or three headed monster?
Because it was so difficult for me to get a very clear shot of this seedling, I decided to show a few different shots in light and shadow, to further flesh out the deep grooves and convolutions that already define this uniquely shaped seedling.
This angle shows what appears to be a crevice in the seedling.
And this photo, with the help of the sun, reveals a fissure running along the seedlings's surface.
Another look at this raised ridge that resemble's the shape of a ram's horn.
The ram's horn shape, which reminds me of the ribs on the parent plants, seen again on this seedling.
This isn't the clearest shot, but it does show the convolutions in the seedling's shape.
One final shot of this seedling.
I am not quite sure what to make of the shaping of this little seedling...have any of you seen this before?
Doug
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