Just found this blog post and found it neat, so sharing with you guys. I am NOT the author.
Just found this blog post and found it neat, so sharing with you guys. I am NOT the author.
It was a Hoary Plantain (Plantago media) [...] . But this specific specimen was special. One of its leaves was split almost perfectly down the middle: one half a deep, healthy forest green, the other a pale, luminous cream-yellow.
Early in the leaf’s development, a group of cells lost the ability to produce chlorophyll [...] . In a sectoral chimera, that mutation follows a strict geometric line.
This kind of variegation isn’t written into the plant’s full genetic blueprint. It’s a local error, a mutation in a specific layer of cells in the growing tissue. The parts of the plant that produce seeds are usually unaffected, which means that any offspring will revert to the standard, fully green form.
I love little observations like this. I didn't know there was a site where you could upload your findings, that's really cool. I fully admit I probably would have gone back to try to propagate it....
I love little observations like this. I didn't know there was a site where you could upload your findings, that's really cool. I fully admit I probably would have gone back to try to propagate it.
Along the same lines, we have a few ghost redwoods here in California. They are albinos that get their energy from the roots of normal green trees. Really cool the first time you see one.
Just found this blog post and found it neat, so sharing with you guys. I am NOT the author.
I love little observations like this. I didn't know there was a site where you could upload your findings, that's really cool. I fully admit I probably would have gone back to try to propagate it.
Along the same lines, we have a few ghost redwoods here in California. They are albinos that get their energy from the roots of normal green trees. Really cool the first time you see one.
Ghost Redwoods - Solving the Albino Redwoods Mystery - Sempervirens Fund https://share.google/tFdmiMSTcXgRO4bgd