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Old 08-16-2010, 03:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: green aeae-can it put up variegated pups?

I once had a plant I found tissue culture which was slightly variegated, reverted to green, but then produce variegated suckers. That was a different situation from what you are dealing with, and although I've never heard of an all green A'ea'e produce variegated suckers, I suppose it's possible if there is still some small portion of chimeric meristem which isn't showing much or any variegation in the current growth, but could be expressed better with age...but I wouldn't count on it. It would be highly unlikely for it to produce variegated suckers, but it's still a nice plant, and although you don't live in an easy banana growing climate, the plant can still make great fruit if you get it to fruit one day, somehow.
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