Re: Acanthus mollis
- To: Roger Bastin
- Subject: Re: Acanthus mollis
- From: r*
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:10:56 -0800 (PST)
The albinism phenomenon also occurs with Hemerocallis (daylilies). The
seedlings invariably die off before long.
Richard Riedy
Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA
On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Roger Bastin wrote:
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:25:04 +0100
> From: Roger Bastin <bastinkk@cuci.nl>
> To: E.Pizzi@agora.stm.it, medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: 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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