ID - GMK or Adonis?

[zoaprince]

 

[zoaprince]

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[littlebigreef]

Could well be an adonis. Just my experience but from 4-5 years ago when they were somewhat available they basically looked like a hallucination with a more 'solid' colored mouth and yellow in the skirt. I'm def seeing that with your polyp there.

The sticking point is all of the analogous gmk strains that have shown up in the last year or two. Many of them lack the 'chaining' in the center which was the distinguishing feature of GB's GMK's. I remember discussions at one point whether GMK's were indeed just renamed adonis. IMO they are two different strains. If your strain presents a little more green in the skirt and everything else stays consistent then I'm pretty confident that's an adonis.

 

[zoaprince]

Could well be an adonis. Just my experience but from 4-5 years ago when they were somewhat available they basically looked like a hallucination with a more 'solid' colored mouth and yellow in the skirt. I'm def seeing that with your polyp there.

The sticking point is all of the analogous gmk strains that have shown up in the last year or two. Many of them lack the 'chaining' in the center which was the distinguishing feature of GB's GMK's. I remember discussions at one point whether GMK's were indeed just renamed adonis. IMO they are two different strains. If your strain presents a little more green in the skirt and everything else stays consistent then I'm pretty confident that's an adonis.

Thank you for the reply! What is the 'chaining' feature you are referring to with GMK?

 

[littlebigreef]

Blue boxes in the pic. I'd add to that even with this colony you see some polyps that have unbroken rays radiating out from the mouth. Might be because 1) other polyps showing 'chaining' are more mature, 2) variance in lighting, 3) something else.

We know that hallucinations change and develop their pattern as the polys mature. In a similar vein we know emperor v2s, mohicans, and some of these other yellow/green/orange zoas present differently for people that have them. So, it can be difficult to determine what's an arbitrary difference versus a 'defining characteristic.' But, time and again I've heard the 'chaining' in reference to GMKs.

 

[vanpire]

Blue boxes in the pic. I'd add to that even with this colony you see some polyps that have unbroken rays radiating out from the mouth. Might be because 1) other polyps showing 'chaining' are more mature, 2) variance in lighting, 3) something else.

We know that hallucinations change and develop their pattern as the polys mature. In a similar vein we know emperor v2s, mohicans, and some of these other yellow/green/orange zoas present differently for people that have them. So, it can be difficult to determine what's an arbitrary difference versus a 'defining characteristic.' But, time and again I've heard the 'chaining' in reference to GMKs.

Thanx. This is really educational. As you said, even within the same colony, there are polyps without the broken chain effect so....