Yes Tanay, perhaps an example of somatic inheritance. Similar case is also met in the variegated cultivars of Hibiscus rosasinensis, where you may buy a wholly variegated cultivar and if are not careful in removing odd green (leaved) branches, the whole buch may soon become green without any variegated leaves.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:46 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Sir Ji is both the photos from the same plant? > I was wondering about the leaf variation > tanay > > > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinaceae, Tradescantia >> fluminensis Vell. Fl. Flumin. 3: 140, t. 152 1829. >> >> Ornamental perennial herb with white flowers, photographed from Kashmir, >> often grown in beds or flower pots. Has cultivars with green leaves as >> variegated leaves. >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > >
