Hello to all
I am a new member, and also my first post
I am a retired wholesale/propagation nursery here in Florida
And did a lot of work on hybridizing; Hibiscus and orchids
A very interesting posting on baby Adeniums.
Variegated Adenium and any other plants;
Variegation in any plants is/are coded cells improperly placed in make-up string, put them back in proper order and variegation is reverted to normal.
Plant DNA is actually kept in many different bit of cells stored throughout the entire plant, ex. Leaves, roots ... Every time new growth happens all those bits of information are collected and reassembled in growth tip to duplicate plant specifics BUT time to time those cells are not recollected in proper order (although been within the string) and her you have your new variegated specimen. These will NEVER produce any new establish strain, period!
For those dealing with hybridizing for a long time knows that; you take a male pink and female pink your have more chance to get any other color than pink, the raison been quit simple, plant do not store one genetic code but actually it’s one + one of each parent, + one of each grand parents and so on. We know that by looking back at breeding data, many time grand parents been the most relevant in new crosses.
VARIEGATION: Looking at the molecular explosion taking place with at least 10 full DNA stored strings to create one unique for new hybrid. Your chance to get a brand new fixed genus, most likely NEVER. The data has to be rewritten and not moved around to be stable. Although it’s also quit possible by a nature trick!
In my last seedling bath 3 sprouted with very poor chlorophyll level giving them a golden glow, a 4 sprouted as grayish leaves with a pink margins, produced 6 or 7 variegated leaves set and reverted to plain green and finely a 5th one with gorgeous green, yellow and white variegation.
Anyone how has a true variegated seedling should do some cross breeding for the above raison * a nature frick that all it takes.
Conclusion: do not spend any money on variegated seeds unless you’re a dreamer!!!
