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Seeds from Variegated Spider Plant grows normal green?
Comments (5)Hi there, I've read that it is true you will get all green spider plants from seeds of varigated plants. This is a quote from a web page I've found... "All the variegated Spider Plants are chimeras. The way we usually propagate the Spider Plant is from the baby plants on the stolons, which is an examle of asexual reprodution where there is no gamete fusion. Therefore there is no genetic variation and every new generation consists of genetically identical individuals as the parent generation. This is the reason why you will get all green plants if you breed new plants from the seeds of variegated plants. I've tried that with the two older variegated varieties that I have (White-Striped Spider Plant & Reverse Spider Plant), only getting all green plants. I am planning to do that with the Bonnie variety too, to see if I can get a smaller all green variety! I have had no success yet, though. The only way to get more plants looking the same as the mama plant is to use the baby plants on the stolons." I'll add the link to this web site. There is a lot of great spider plant information on there. If you look at the bottom of the page in the "facts" section, you will see the information above. I hope this helps! Here is a link that might be useful: Spider Plant Link...See MoreTissue Culturing the variegated AeAe? Soon!!
Comments (42)"you can buy great bananas in any market cheaply. You KNOW the whole idea is the fantastic foliage.Who wouldn't want to grow one?" I think that is highly debateable. People grow different plants for different reasons and one of the big attractors IMO for many people to grow bananas is not only the joy of producing their own bananas but the belief that not only may this allow them access to cultivars which are not in your average grocery store but also that the same bananas home-grown would taste better. I don't know about you but the only bananas at my grocery store are Cavendish unless I want to visit an Asian market. I personally have never seen Ice Cream or any of the other popular fruiting varieties for sale at VONS where I live. Laurence...See MoreThe care and feeding of my new AeAe
Comments (3)>>do not over fertilize and especially not after Oct. or they will turn solid greenI also have to question THIS comment. I have heard this many times BUT I have asked on EVERY banana board I can find for PROOF that an Ae-Ae will turn green from variegated. NO ONE has EVER provided ANY proof that this happens. I think it is another story that gets started and spread. I have grown quite a few Ae-Ae and NEVER had any turn green. Now once in a while, a pup will come up all white (cream actually) and those never get very big. I think out of 15 pups this summer, I had 4 white. I'm thinking occasionally they might throw an all green pup also but I have never seen one. Maybe this is how this story got started. I truly doubt that a variegated plant (NOT new pups) will suddenly turn all green. Just won't happen. If anyone can PROVE otherwise, PLEASE let me know. Biggest problem I have with Ae-Ae is SUN. It is brutal here in S FL in the summer. The new leaves that have come out over the past month are doing a LOT better because the sun is less intense. Other than that, I treat them like any other banana. Terry...See MoreVariegation true from seed?
Comments (17)It would be interesting to make a list of all the genera that do breed variegation. In gesneriads, the first extensive breeding was with African Violets. When first discovered the variegation was very rare and leaves of variegates were very expensive. But, they found that they breed. Now there are countless variegated AV's In the past few years two variegated clones of streptocarpus were found and crossed. Several people are now busy with these progeny, which are also variegated. Basically the variegation on streps is all the same--a blotchy mix of green, cream and inbetween shades. I don't find them that pretty. I once had a talk with the owner of a large pelargonium nursery who told me he was breeding variegated zonal geraniums. He said he was getting about a quarter of the seedlings to be variegated. But, I don't know if any of his cvs were introduced. That was back in the late 70's....See Moregarbird
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