Albino D.filiformis var. tracyii

[mabudon]

I have a couple of what I have been told are super-rare pure albino D.filiformis var tracyii plants which have produced hordes of seeds.
I have been toild they should be true to the parent but I just wanted to get a few more opinions on it before I make a trade and someone gets plain ol D.filiformis var tracyii plants next year and is mad at me

And I am POSITIVE as to the totaly albinicity (I'm also positive that "albinicity" is a made-up word but hey, at least I know that) of tha plant and it's relative rarity (possibly moreso in Canada I guess) but I really want to know if I can make more with seeds since sending cuttings doesn't usually work too good

Any thoughts??

 

[Pyro]

Hey Carl,

If by albino we are refering to an anthocyanin-free plant then yes, the seed should breed true. Antho-free is recessive so all selfed seed should only contain the recessive allele.

ANd on a tangent note. I am guessing that the only difference between this plant and a typical ssp. tracyi is that this one has white blooms. Is that correct?

 

[mabudon]

Thanks for the reply Travis!!
I suppose that the white flower is the onlyreal noticable difference, since the last "tpyical" D.filiformis var tracyii I had looked pretty much the same but with pink flowers. It seems to be a tad more robust as well, but considering I killed the last one, maybe the things I've learned since then could just be making it larger (PS it isn't an "oddball" but would you want some seeds??)

 

[jimscott]

Just in case the plants from seeds don't breed true or don't germinate, I would strongly suggest that you take as many leaf cuttings as you can and propogate that way, as a backup plan. As they say on Long Island, "It may not help, but it vouldn't hoit".