Re: Variegated Travelers palm
- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
- Subject: Re: Variegated Travelers palm
- From: J* W* W*
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 22:56:21 -0600 (CST)
>For those that suggested tissue culture, I would love to pursue that
>avenue, but I was under the impression that variegated plants are
>actually chimeras of albino and "normal" cells and either of these
>lines could be cultured, but not both. If I am wrong, PLEASE correct
>me and I'll take it to the University of Arizona to have tissue
>culture work done, and I'll send everyone a plant who requested one.
>
>Nyles Bauer
Dear Nyles;
Hundreds of thousands of variegated Hostas - all chimeral -
are routinely tissue cultured. This doesn't mean your plant can be,
but being chimeral is not the problem. Can Ravenala be tissue
cultured?
best Jim W.
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