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Very happy to get the feedback and clarifications, had been wondering about
that one for a while. Much appreciated!
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:42 AM, [email protected] [Sansevierias] <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> ......Because a leaf cutting in sansevierias does not transfer the
> genetic "codes" necessary for a variegated plant to copy itself. These
> codes are reserved for the *rhizome*. If a variegated sansevieria leaf is
> severed to make leaf cuttings for propagation purposes, it can only produ=
ce
> two types of plants: either all green or all albino depending on WHERE th=
e
> new plantlet originates on the leaf-cut surface. The young albino plant
> cannot survive if it is detached from the cutting, while the green plantl=
et
> will be fine. Nature considers variegation an abomination, a weakness, an=
d
> it tries to weed out weakness.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Sturgis [email protected] [Sansevierias] <
> [email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:03:30 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [Sansevierias] Sansevieria propagation Question
> Hello guys,
> I was just thinking if reproduction by seed ensures genetic diversity
> and variation in plants, and if cuttings produce an exact clone of the
> parent plant, then why do variegated and striated Sansevierias reproduce
> non-variegated and non-striated plants when propagated by a leaf cutting?
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Very happy to get the feedback and clarifications, had bee=
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<p></p><div>=C2=A0......Because a leaf cutting in sansevierias does n=
ot transfer the genetic "codes" necessary for a variegated plant =
to copy itself. These codes are reserved for the <em>rhizome</em>. If a var=
iegated sansevieria leaf is severed to make leaf cuttings for propagation p=
urposes, it can only produce two types of plants: either all green or all a=
lbino depending on WHERE the new plantlet originates on the leaf-cut surfac=
e. The young albino plant cannot survive if it is detached from the cutting=
, while the green plantlet will be fine. Nature considers variegation an ab=
omination, a weakness, and it tries to weed out weakness.</div>
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<div>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Ben Sturgis <a href=3D"mailto:be=
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hello guys,<br>
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<div>I was just thinking if reproduction by seed ensures genetic diversity =
and variation in plants, and if cuttings produce an exact clone of the pare=
nt plant, then why do variegated and =C2=A0striated Sansevierias reproduce =
non-variegated and non-striated plants when propagated by a leaf cutting?</=
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