Gabe15

All of the different Siam Ruby forms originally come from tissue culture, it is not very stable after being cultured (it is chimeric) and many different color forms result. I personally do not have enough experience with this variety to answer your question.

If anyone is having trouble understanding the issue, I believe what Jack is asking is, can the suckers of a specific off-type sport 'Siam Ruby' color form be the same as the mother plant? Or is it just as unstable as it is in tissue culture, and can different color forms show in the suckers that deviate from the mother plant.

My experience with off-types in general is that tissue culture greatly increases the chance of off-types, and you would be much more likely to see the off-types coming straight out of tissue culture than in-ground plants. But again, I don't have much experience with 'Siam Ruby' so I don't know a lot about how it acts.

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