Speaking of African strains, here are the two phenos of Palmera (congo ibl):
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This short flowering pheno looks like it should take around 12 weeks. This is the biggest plant in my tent and got closest to the light with very little damage to it, while other plants got some bleaching even further away.
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The lux at this leaf measured almost 90k and it seems like the light triggered this anthocyanin response to protect it from bleaching. I now have most of the canopy around 50-55k. I love finishing at a lower intensity, either it's helping preserve my terps or I just have some terpy plants this cycle.
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Pheno #2, definitely has more "landracey" buds and giant stigmas. Both are equally beefy plants. Pheno #2's terpenes are changing towards the end, it's more "fresh and fruity" with higher notes in the fruit, if that makes sense. Pheno #1 is more fermented fruit with myrcene, not surprising coming from a purple plant. It's getting more purple every day. With these two widely differing phenos, I feel like I have a good chance at a THCV plant, and I will definitely pop the rest of these to see what other interesting expressions are lurking.
As much as I love my little grapefruity C99, I feel like one of these Palmera will be the best plant from this cycle.