Solid white leaf on a non-variegated hoya (not carnosa)?

I have a solid green plant that I received a cutting of from a member of this forum. It came to me as Hoya el-nidicus, but there is discussion that it may be a clone of diversifolia.

My question is, can a solid green plant develop and form white leaves the way variegated hoyas do if the parent plant is not a variegate. This leaf (picture attached) looks just like the solid white leaves that grow on my variegated verticillata/acuta as well as those on my variegated macrophylla.

The stem to this leaf is white, with a thin green stripe in the center. There is another small leaf forming opposite this one that looks like it will be white also. It is not chlorotic, like those that sometimes form on my subcalva and chloranthes, and it is very thick and healthy, not yellow, flimsy, and ready to fall off when it is touched ( I have had those kind of white leaves too).

I would love speculation or answers from those who I am sure know more about plant growth, variegation and hoyas in general, as I am finding this a bit intriguing.

Thank you all in advance,
Sara

Here is a photo of the whole cutting. As you can see the plant is all green, but just this new growth point is coming out white.

As Alice would say: "curiouser and curiouser"

S

IMHO - plants are living organisms like babies, fish etc. and sometimes can hiccup or grow a different colored feather and it isn't unusual at all. Now when an entire plant grows out a vine of another color, that would make news, maybe. I will bet that leaf eventually falls off because it isn't formed right to receive the nutrients it should. Hope you can proove me wrong. Just going by the seat of my pants here....

Carol

Oh, Carol, I really hope it doesn't fall off, but you are probably right. I agree, it is probably not a note-worthy oddity, but I just haven't ever seen one like this that wasn't on a variegated plant.

Sniff...

I guess I will just keep watching it. I have solid white leaves on my albomarginata acuta that have stayed, grown, and look really nice. I don't get enough flowers to remove my pretty white leaves, even if they are a bit draining on the plant.

=)

S

Only time will tell, eh?