Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:41:54 +0000 From: Phil Wilson <cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3654$foo@default> Subject: Re: S. leuco. "Schnell's Ghost , yellow flower"
John,
>
>I think I've seen it with a photo in "The Savage Garden" but I don't know =
>if that counts as a "publication" or not. I guess I'd always assumed it =
I'll have to check my copy out as I can't remember.
>was an anthocyanin-free form of the typical leuco.
Defintely not antho free. This plant has red colouration, notably in the
pitchers as they age and in the newly emerging growth. Superficially
though I'd suspect the antho free plant looks quite similar.
>Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever crossed the yellow-flowered leuco =
>with the typical red-flowered leuco? Do you get orange-flowered plants =
>that have mostly typical leuco pitchers?
>
I haven't but a friend has. I have one plant which I intend to use to
eventally raise further yellow flowered clones. Until it flowers I won't
know but I suspect the gene responsible for producing the yellow flowers
is recessive, hence I expect to get a regular red flowing plant which is
heterozygous for the yellow flower gene. An orange flower is unlikely
since past work in crossing antho free clones with regular clones did
not produce any colour mixing either in the flower or the leaves.
Regards,
-- Phil Wilson
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