This seedling is just up. It’s ‘Many Happy Returns’ x ‘Many Happy Returns’. I’m surprised it got this far.
This is one of my ‘Wild Rover’ x one of my eaten labels. Seems to have more colour than the first one but still don’t think it will pull through.
Another chloritic ‘MHR’ x "MHR’ seedling. Healthy green ones next to it form same cross.
I call this one my palm tree. It has 5 cotyledons now but if you look at the ones on the right it looks like there might be another one or even two that have shrivelled up a under the remaining one. OP ‘Temple Bells’.
Nice camera work!
Every year I get a handful of seedlings that don’t produce chlorophyll. These often appear as a small number in the same cross. Rarely do I see a lone albino in a cross. Certain seed parents seem to do this often Needless to say these don’t live long. Usually you get one true leaf, and then they die.
“Certain seed parents seem to do this often”
Ballerina is one of those.
I had some albino seedlings from Moonlight
I had a Flower Carpet White seedling with the same multi-cotyledon abnormality like the one pictured. It grew no stem, only leaves, and rapidly died.
When I get chloritic cactus seedlings like this I can graft them at just a few days old onto a green understock. Would be interesting to try and graft these onto a green understock with leaves to see how they turn out.
Simon, I have noted more albinos from roses having strong yellows in their pedigrees. Also, this seems more common with OP seedlings. On rare occasions, a developing true leaf will contain chlorophyll even though the seed leaves did not. When that happens, the seedling may survive.
Jim Sproul