Heres one of 3 seedling hybrids that I grew this summer.The new small leaves along the stems and the undersides of the older leaves are all red / brown looking.
The tops of the leaves are red veined. so now what??? any one seen this in a tropical hibiscus before?? I sure haven't.
Kyle
Heres another one..
Kyle, I've seen it many times. I've just bought a new computer and I don't have all info saved in it so I can't surf through mails to look for the reason but I recall that is a temporary problem due to the lack of a minor element, maybe molibedene or mangenese.
Regards
Carlos
Carlos, thanks I was thinking WOW something different, but oh well. I will add some extra minor elements to their diet. Only seems to happen on this one cross.
Kyle :-)
Kyle,
I've seen this before. The plant that had the reddish underside leaves was most evident when the plant was young and with time the new leaves turned solid green. I too thought it was a genetic variation, but if it was it didn't stay once the seedling reached 2 years old.
Ray
interesting info.
Interesting, I sent all my seedlings last year to my sis except one. Most all of them have the same leaves as you have pictured above. I thought this was strange as well. I'm glad to hear it is normal.
Dott
