Albino Chile Seedling

[darlochileman]

Hi Guys,

Has anyone ever seen anything like this? It seems to defy the laws of photosynthesis:




Believe it or not, this is Naga Morich chile seedling grown by someone I sent some seed to. Ive never ever heard of an Albino plant. It will be very interesting to see how this one turns out.

Mark :shock:

[leona]

is it not possible that some other seed got into the pack of chillis? i bought a pack of romanesco cauli last year which should have been white but there were quite a few green jobbies in there to

[smallblueplanet]

I take it its not growing upside down and thats the roots?

[leona]

hmmn...i didnt think of that one...seems a bit obvious now really...

[Alice]

You do get albino plants (as with anything else) so guess that's what it is.

[Shortie]

Albino plants? Wow... but as darlochileman says it seems to defy the laws of photosynthesis.

If I remember right from Biology A-Level, the green you see on your plants is the colour of the chorolphyll inside the plant cells which are green. It's these jobbies that produce the energy for the plant. If they provide the energy and are green, surely albino plants must be missing the chorolphyll , so how on earth do they get energy to grow?

[darlochileman]

I agree with you shortie - its a total mystery. I wouldnt expect it to live to long.

Alice - any chance of any links/photos to an albino plant?

The seeds were all taken from the same Naga Morich Pod. There was no chance of a mix up. What a weird freak of nature.

Mark

[gcroft]

plant

well you can keep it alive by feeding it to me it looks etiolated which is when a plant grows in the dark but it seems yours is like this genetically (you can grow any plant etiolated by not letting it have light and they will be white / or yellow) they only turn green when exposed to the sun. So long as they are fed and watered they can live in this state cause you are providing it with food and the plant doesnt have to make its own. Im guessing it will be short lived very interesting to see if it survives though.

[gcroft]

google

just to add i found this snippet on a google which kind of confirms what i said about feeding
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...0/bot00132.htm

[gcroft]

albinos

just found this snippet too

"Another type of plant that lacks chlorophyll is an albino plant. Under natural
conditions, albino plants will die as soon as the energy reserves in their
seeds is exhausted. However, albino plants can be kept alive if the leaf tips
are cut and fed a sugar solution. The last website cited has a photo of an
albino corn plant being kept alive by being fed sugar through its leaves.
Biological supply companies sell albino seeds. "

maybe you can feed it this way to keep it going got to be worth experimenting with it must be rare ive never seen it first hand

[Alice]

Darlochileman, type albino plants in Google and there's load of stuff there.

[smallblueplanet]

....The last website cited has a photo of an
albino corn plant being kept alive by being fed sugar through its leaves.
Biological supply companies sell albino seeds."....

Why?

[Alice]

SBP, how do you put the quote on the post

[smallblueplanet]

SBP, how do you put the quote on the post

On the post itself click the 'Quote' button and then you can edit it as you wish.