Variegated Cuban Oregano Plectranthus amboinicus Solid White

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podster Deep East Texas, TX(Zone 8a) Jun 30, 2006

My plant (potted) is producing some solid white stems/leaves. There are two small stalks which are completely white. They are in the sun. If I root the white stems, will it stay white?

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DanceyTx Midway, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 30, 2006

I don't know the answer to your question. Just wanted to say how pretty the plant is. Very unusual.

Lin

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podster Deep East Texas, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 01, 2006

Thanks, the oregano smells a bit strong for my taste but I love the feel of the leaves and, in small doses, the smell. It is easy to root and grow as any of the plectranthus family.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Jul 01, 2006

no they will die. albino leaves have no chlorophil, which is required for photosythesis.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 01, 2006

Oh, that's sad.

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podster Deep East Texas, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 02, 2006

Vossner, Thank you, I will leave them as is and marvel at them. This is the first year they have done this. I wonder what I did that may have affected it.

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frogsrus San Diego, CA(Zone 10a) Jul 02, 2006

I have many varieties of plecs and most will throw a white sport now and again. They do it just for your enjoyment Lol! Here is P. madagascariensis with a sport.

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podster Deep East Texas, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 02, 2006

The pleasure IS mine. Wonder where the term sport comes from. Your plectranthus is more than lovely. Thanks for the info.

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frogsrus San Diego, CA(Zone 10a) Jul 02, 2006

Just means different. In bloodstock it would mean a "different" animal that you kept just for pleasure (sport) since it did not have the right characteristics for breeding. As far as plants go they are sterile and not for breeding at all.

Sport: Biology An organism that shows a marked change from the normal type or parent stock, typically as a result of mutation.

Janice

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DanceyTx Midway, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 02, 2006

Would be wonderful if it would stay that way! Lin

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Jul 03, 2006

podster you did nothing. It is just Mother Nature being weird and wonderful. Enjoy your plants. And you, too, beware of those snakes leaping out of shrubs, hee hee......

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podster Deep East Texas, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 03, 2006

Snakes everywhere I look, here's a white furry one... Odd, it is by the dwarf "snake plant"?

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