Re: Acanthus mollis

At 14:34 +0000 31-10-1999, E.Pizzi@agora.stm.it wrote:
>THE ACANTHUS MOLLIS MYSTERY is still unsolved; perhaps someone has some

>Does anyone have any Ideas?

Hi Helene,

I missed your first posting on this. That's why my reaction may be a little
late.

White seedlings is a very common thing when they are the offspring of a
single plant. The phenomena is called 'inteelt' in Dutch and could pherhaps
be translated with: inbreeding. The seedlings are albino's , they miss the
capability to produce chlorophyl. This is a genetic defect caused by the
breeding with only one parent.

I have seen it more often in Ferula.

The white seedlings usually wither and die.

>My thoughts is that somehow the plant has been affected by pollution.
>Could it be unfiltered sun rays which are causing burns to bathers and
>cataracts to gardeners?  Could it be dirty air?

Albinism could pherhaps be caused by other things but in this case
inbreeding seems the most logic explanation to me.

The albino's are affected by normal sunlight, it burns and finally kills them.

>Helene Pizzi
>Garden writer, lecturer and Rosarian
>Viale Alessandro Magno 174
>00124  Rome, Italy
>e-mail  e.pizzi@agora.stm.it


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