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tony palmer
01-23-2006, 10:57 AM
I have a question, can two different clones of variegated basjoo cross pollenate and produce seeds that germinate into variegated plants, the reason i ask is because i believe "fuji-yama variegata" is a different clone to my plant, i think my plant is cloned from basjoo sakhalin it is a stockier plant than normal basjoo, and has thicker leaves and petiole wings, if the variegation is caused by a virus, would the virus then be present in the seeds, i have tried propergating normal basjoo seeds before, but because they were from the same cloned material they were not fertile, i would be gratfull for any advice , all the best, Tony.

bigdog
01-23-2006, 11:08 AM
I think that it is possible, but not all seedlings would be variegated. There is a good chance that a percentage of them would come up variegated. Do you have any pictures of your variegated basjoo to share with the board :D ?

tony palmer
01-23-2006, 12:10 PM
thanks for your reply big dog , the pictures i have were taken at home, they are quite crap, waiting until summer to send better pictures, all the best , Tony