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Re: [SANS] Variegated Sans.

Kirk et al:

>I hadn't heard this rumor about chemical alteration to produce (temporary)
>variegates, and hadn't even
>considered it. Do you think it really happens?  Oh, the subterfuge of it all!

        I know that this can happen and I know that some people have made
attempts. In some cases it may even be possible to effect the genetic
material enough to cause a permanent variegation. I edit a small newsletter
called "ABG" (Anything But Green) and we have had articles about developing
variegation by radiation treatments and I have heard of mutagenic drugs
doing this too. The herbicide 'Treflan" will cause chromsomes to duplicate
in plant cells. In the correct doasge you can get stable tetraploids
developed. Too much and it kills the plants, too little and various effects
appear.

>Yeah, I DO resent paying the big bucks for variegated plants.... I'm
>relieved to know that Grigsby's has some of the best clones.

        I did not /do not intend to point the finger at anyone. Especially
Grigsby which has such god plants


>second is still growing, so I'll give it some time to see if any variegation
>develops.  Does anybody know how long this might take?  Or should the
>variegation be present from the start?

        This depends on the clone. Good ones show variegation from the very
first as they develop. Others appear and develop later. Since yours has not
made any before, it is hard to tell. You might ask the supplier if you
should expect to see variegation right away or not. And I'd still expect
some pups to revert to typical. That is the nature of this kind of
variegation common to Sansevieria. In the  "Sansevieria Journal" Juan had
the best I've seen series of articles  on types of variegation.

        Best be careful and hold on to the pups and watch them.

                Jim W.


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