Tropicallvr said that Ae-Ae turn all white when given alkaline soil.
I'm curious - has anyone ever SEEN this happen or read that it really does?
I'm of the opinion that the white is a sport just like the varigated is of it's mother plant. I have had 14 pups from one Ae-Ae corm and 3 have come up all creamy white. Really wild looking. I let one get about a foot tall and severed it from the corm but otherwise left it alone. It immediately stopped growing and looks like it is dying. The others whites are all still growing fine. All the varigated pups keep right on growing when severed. I have also NEVER gotten an all green pup.
I have heard several people say they will turn all white but I wonder if this is true. Sure wish I could get one to stay alive by itself.
Curious minds want to know - Terry
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