When I moved Curly Dude to a selected seedling bed a number of years ago, I managed to break it off right where the crown meets the foliage and I held my breath for several weeks wondering if the  remaining pieces would survive.  Fortunately, it survived.  Curly Dude may also be a spider in addition to being an unusual form; however, I never got around to measuring its ratio.  Frankly, measuring ratios is not a huge priority of mine.  I recall one occasion when it bloomed minus its usual curls and the resulting blossom was about 10 inches. 

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