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varig8 · 03-25-2007, 01:18 AM

I have'nt seen any other TC Nam Wah 'Pearl' bought from Agristarts, or any other Ebay seller, end up looking like the photograph on the agristarts site. They are all just light yellow/green colored without any darker variegation. I think the variegated type shown in the Agristarts photo would be called a 'reverse variegate', as the main coloration is white and the small amount of 'variegated' portion is normal green. I don't think agristarts has them in production anymore-( I called a few months ago and thats what a sales associate told me). They seem to be weak clones of an unstable variegate. Same thing happens when you try to TC any somatic variegate. You get any number of potential combinations from the unstable parent's meristem that is being cloned. Personally I bought a few Pearl liners when they were first available and they have since all died except one little plant 2 yrs old and still 2" tall! I did get a 'Pearl' (if thats what you want to call it) as a sucker from Thailand. It is similar to a dwarf Cavendish in height and having the wider shorter leaves produced in a tight whorl. Different from the other variegated Nam Wah; taller with longer leaves and petioles, and having the sectored type variegation of AeAe. I also have the dwarf Nam Wah variegated sectored white and also in cream/yellow. I believe these are all the same 'plant'. They are just unstable variegates and I think they can throw sports of any amt/and type of variegated patterns in their suckers. And, they WILL send all green normal suckers as well. These Nam Wah seem to be chimeras and not genetic variegates. Not stable at all. I would assume that if you want one with a certain variegation pattern you should get hold of a corm from a mother plant that exhibits at least 50/50 ratio of that type variegation pattern. The first 2 suckers I got from my dwarf albo sectored Nam Wah were completely green.......what a dissapointment THAT was! I have photos of all these types in my gallery if you want to take a look at the different variegation patterns on each. Id be very very interested to see any older and updated photos of the members 'Pearls', (or information), so PLEASE, Im hoping you will post them! Happy growing with your 'green and white' thumbs!

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varig8 Member varig8's Photo Gallery Location: miami Zone: 10-11 Name: varig8 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 266 BananaBucks : 49,977 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 74 Times Was Thanked 383 Times in 144 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Variegated Dwarf 'namwah Pearl' I have'nt seen any other TC Nam Wah 'Pearl' bought from Agristarts, or any other Ebay seller, end up looking like the photograph on the agristarts site. They are all just light yellow/green colored without any darker variegation. I think the variegated type shown in the Agristarts photo would be called a 'reverse variegate', as the main coloration is white and the small amount of 'variegated' portion is normal green. I don't think agristarts has them in production anymore-( I called a few months ago and thats what a sales associate told me). They seem to be weak clones of an unstable variegate. Same thing happens when you try to TC any somatic variegate. You get any number of potential combinations from the unstable parent's meristem that is being cloned. Personally I bought a few Pearl liners when they were first available and they have since all died except one little plant 2 yrs old and still 2" tall! I did get a 'Pearl' (if thats what you want to call it) as a sucker from Thailand. It is similar to a dwarf Cavendish in height and having the wider shorter leaves produced in a tight whorl. Different from the other variegated Nam Wah; taller with longer leaves and petioles, and having the sectored type variegation of AeAe. I also have the dwarf Nam Wah variegated sectored white and also in cream/yellow. I believe these are all the same 'plant'. They are just unstable variegates and I think they can throw sports of any amt/and type of variegated patterns in their suckers. And, they WILL send all green normal suckers as well. These Nam Wah seem to be chimeras and not genetic variegates. Not stable at all. I would assume that if you want one with a certain variegation pattern you should get hold of a corm from a mother plant that exhibits at least 50/50 ratio of that type variegation pattern. The first 2 suckers I got from my dwarf albo sectored Nam Wah were completely green.......what a dissapointment THAT was! I have photos of all these types in my gallery if you want to take a look at the different variegation patterns on each. Id be very very interested to see any older and updated photos of the members 'Pearls', (or information), so PLEASE, Im hoping you will post them! Happy growing with your 'green and white' thumbs!