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Jan 15, 2015 9:55 PM CST
Name: Lorn (Roosterlorn)
S.E Wisconsin (Zone 5b)
Bee Lover Lilies Pollen collector Seed Starter Region: Wisconsin
Edit Note added: I did not go back and read your previous posts description--which I should have. The plant as you describe is something different--not albino, but some other complicated genetic flaw which I can't even begin to explain without seeing the actual plant or good photos of it. It's anybody's guess right now. I'll leave my other post below since it makes good reading with a bit of information, but it's not relevant to the plant your discussing.

No, not likely. Albino in a flower is a rare and recessive characteristic where the vacuole in the cell is absent of flavonoids that contain the different pigments for the flower color. Pollenating it with a normal parent, if successful, would most often result in a normal flower generally favoring ( but not always) the color of the pollen parent. White leaves and white streaking in leaves are a little different story in that the cytoplasm which contain organelles called chloroplasts for green and chromoplasts for yellow and orange are absent or incomplete. Hence, those leaves would not turn color in the Fall.
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