Happens in tulips too (from Encyclopaedia Brittanica)...
Generally, solid-coloured tulips are spoken of as “self-coloured,” while streaked blossoms are called “broken.” The phenomenon of colour streaks in tulips is due to a harmless virus infection that causes the self colour to disappear in certain zonal patterns, leaving the flower’s white or yellow underlying colour to show through in irregular streaks. Max Novels by Max and/or Ariana Overton http://www.maxoverton.com The Lion of Scythia Trilogy (Lion of Scythia, The Golden King, Funeral in Babylon) - EPPIE winners 2005 and 2006; The Glass House Trilogy (Glass House, A Glass Darkly, Looking Glass) - 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), Sequestered Also check out http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/ Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:26:53 +0530 From: [email protected] Subject: [indiantreepix:18366] hibiscus id Options To: [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Forwarding again for observations on this Hibiscus pl. Earlier relevant feedback: 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 Hi Rakesh, They look beautiful. I think it must be a rare plant grown out of seeds that were accidentally pollinated by beas. Regards Yazdy. Thanks Yazdy and Max. I have seen this phenomenon occuring with other plants having white hibisci although perhaps in them they appear consistently but in mine they appear randomly once in 6 months or one year. This random appearance after a prolonged absence makes it all the more curious. So to quote Max, is it getting infected by a virus from time to time? rakesh 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 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 This could be because of Chimera. Naresh Pancholi would request all who have sent their observations on this Hibiscus species: to look at the size of leaves, the dentation of leaves, colour of leaves, habit of the plant, size of stipules, petiole length, peduncle length. These are being neglected while commenting on this plant and every one is just talking about flower colour. Dr. Gurcharan Singh See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
