Streaks or patches like this in flower colour are often caused by a virus. I used to grow carnations for sale and if my stocks got infected with a virus, the orange or yellow blooms would have streaks of red. Apparently this comes from a red ancestor and the virus activates dormant genes.
Max Novels by Max and/or Ariana Overton http://www.maxoverton.com The Lion of Scythia Trilogy - EPPIE winners 2005 and 2006 The Glass House Trilogy (Eppie finalists), A Cry of Shadows, The Devil is in the Details, Trapdoor, Tapestry Scarab - Akhenaten (Book 1 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Smenkhkare (Book 2 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Tutankhamen (Book 3 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Ay (Book 4 of the Amarnan Kings), Rakshasa, Glass Continuum, Ascension Works in Progress: Djinn, Scarab - Horemheb (Book 5 of the Amarnan Kings) Also check out http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/ Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:55:02 +0530 Subject: [indiantreepix:17558] re: hibiscus id From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Yes the white ones are quite common (also in our garden) and sometimes we have found them turning pink (like one of your two flowers) and sometimes a combination (attached). I was unable to explain this phenomenon and had asked for help here earlier. rakesh http://peoplesgroup.academia.edu/RakeshBiswas ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Date: 2009/8/23 Subject: [indiantreepix:16611] Hibiscus sp for ID 230809GS3 To: [email protected], indiantreepix <[email protected]> Hibiscus sp. for ID 230809GS3 Cultivated in Delhi in two forms, one with pink flowers another with white flowers. Gurcharan Singh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
