Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 16:13:49 +0100 From: Clarke Brunt <clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2728$foo@default> Subject: Re: Something different
On 18 Jul 97 at 7:55, Peter Cole wrote:
> Well, well. Something unusual has come to pass. I find that one
> of my in vitro Darlingtonia derived from a callus culture has
> developed as a chlorophyll-free albino...
> I'd also be interested in any views on whether such a plant might
> come true from seed (bet the flowers would look cool!) Anyone ever
> taken seed from a c-free cactus?
A rare instance of a post which might also be appropriate on the
CACTI_ETC list (same server as CP)! So putting on my 'cactus' hat:
The usual 'red' (and yellow and white) grafted cacti which you
find in shops are Gymnocalycium, usually reckoned to be G.
mihanovichii. They don't often flower, but I believe are capable of
doing and producing seed. I seem to remember one of the seedsmen once
offering seed which was supposed to produce a proportion
of coloured mutants so you might have a chance if the Darlingtonia
ever gets that far. A packet of grafting stock was included - the
cacti in shops are usually on the 3-angled Hylocereus, which
tends to succumb during the British Winter - Trichocereus is
much better.
-- Clarke Brunt (clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk) http://www.brunt.demon.co.uk/ Cacti in Mexico, Cacti in flower, Frogspawn, etc.
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