Strobilanthes flexicaulis in Iriomote Island, Japan, is a monocarpic perennial plant, which is thought to be an intermediate evolutionary state from a polycarpic perennial plant to a periodical mass‐flowering plant. It remains unclear whether the intermediate reproductive traits are altered by cutting propagation or disbudding treatment (flower bud removal). To evaluate whether these traits are affected by such treatments, three individuals of S. flexicaulis from Iriomote Island were cultivated, and their flowering patterns and survivorship were observed. The monocarpic trait seemed to have been altered into a polycarpic trait by cultivation. The disbudding treatment was not related to the survivorship. The initiation of flowering was synchronized, but the termination of the second flowering period was variable among the three individuals and between the treatments. S. flexicaulis on Iriomote Island seemed to have individual variation in reproductive traits. This variation may result in their intermediate evolutionary state.

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日本西表岛的3个栽培的Strobilanthes flexicaulis个体开花开花并开花同步后的存活

马蓝属flexicaulis在西表岛，日本，是monocarpic多年生植物，其被认为是从polycarpic多年生植物的中间进化状态到周期性质量开花植物。尚不清楚中间繁殖性状是否通过cutting插繁殖或去芽处理（去除花芽）而改变。为了评估这些性状是否受到这种治疗的影响，三名S. flexicaulis从西表岛（Iriomote Island）种植了该树，并观察了它们的开花模式和存活情况。通过耕种，单掌性状似乎已转变为多掌性状。出院治疗与生存率无关。开花的开始是同步的，但是第二开花期的终止在三个个体之间以及在处理之间是可变的。西表岛的弯曲链球菌似乎在生殖性状上有个体差异。这种变化可能导致它们处于中间进化状态。