Whorled or Polyploid?

[Poolguy]

Curious what your thoughts are on this. It’s started growing normal and then this showed up.

 

[Creeperpark]

Curious what your thoughts are on this. It’s started growing normal and then this showed up.

That's an interesting-looking plant friend. Thanks for taking the time to show us. Looks like a recessive trait in the strain. It's both a whorled and polyploid plant, I see them a couple of times a year on the forum. I will flower and keep mine if it's a female and I have space but only for buds and not making seeds. Keep us posted if you flower the plant so we can see the flowers.

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[goingrey]

Whorl means at least three leaves growing off the same node. So yes it's whorled.

Polyploid means more than two sets of chromosomes. This isn't something that can be determined by looking at the plant with the naked eye. Maybe it is, probably it's not.

 

[Wolverine97]

It's whorled phylotaxy. You cannot identify polyploidy visually.