Re: CULT: "Reversion" to White
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- Subject: Re: CULT: "Reversion" to White
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 12:02:47 -0600 (MDT)
>In a message dated 98-04-19 10:40:23 EDT, you write:
>
><< Doubtful. I have albinos sprout in my seed bed occasionally. As
> soon as the 'food' in the seed is consumed in their chlorophylless state,
> they soon wither and die. Three inches high is about all they get before
> the grim reaper arrives. :(
> >>
>
>I've seen this too. In these irises the foliage has no chlorophyl. However I
>was told --possibly erroneously--several years ago by a senior AIS person that
>all white irises--one of which had just proven itself vulnerable to freeze for
>me, occasioning the discussion--were "albinos." I have since wondered about
>the foliage, but thought I'd just toss out the term to see if anything
>interesting emerged.
>
>Anner Whitehead, Richmond,VA
>Henry Hall Henryanner@aol.com
Dear Anner: I would concur with Walter that a true albino is aniris without
chlorophyl, and therefore is destined to die as soon as the food in the
endosperm is consumed. Perhaps there is another definition in the stater's
mind. But there are certainly differing types of white iris. in the talls,
there are dominant and recessive whites. Lloyd Z in Durham
