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Congrats on all those babies! We have yet to see a true albino seedling that thrives...unless someone can prove me wrong that is!! They seem to grow a few more sets of leaves and then decline as without any green at all, unlike variegated plants which would grow, they just simply cannot photosynthesise and survive. Several of us have seen albinos in our seed mixes so I guess with so many youngsters like you have sprouted, the odds on getting some are increased vastly.
If you are thinking of giving/selling your excess plants it may be easier to give/send seeds rather than seedlings, just a thought! :)

Gill UK

This post was edited by greenclaws on Mon, Sep 22, 14 at 17:23

Holy cow...that is plenty of seedlings.
Good luck to you, I hope those grow fast and strong for you.
Marie

hello everyone
as Gill already said it's difficult for albinos to survive on their own
but you can do a seedling graft on a normal rootstock once 2- 3 set's of true leaves appear
I haven't got a chance still
you have a huge no.
congratulations

anurag

That would be a neat thing to try, Anurag. Will remember this when I get another one. The majority do not make it. Variegated more likely, so what would you have to lose.
Rick

no those aren't albino they have some chlorophyll. This is an albino.

Here you go "the albino seedling"

i will post more when my 2,000 seedlings sprouted

Another baby one...the seed was fat and much smaller than the regular ones as you can see it at lower second row third from the right.

Here's my albino. It lasted two weeks, its two yellow baby leaves withered today. Poor guy never had a chance.

I wish I'd seen this post last week ... I would've grafted.

I have one now that is completely white, and another that is very light green. The light green one put out a set of very small, almost translucent light green leaves.

I had another like this last year, and it hung on for months.

The completely white one is doomed, and has not grown at all.

Did any of the posted seedlings from 2014 survive? Very curious to see what they look like now.

Hi Pagat and Jedoba, if I have an albino, I would slice and bind it to a healthy seedling, would be interesting to see how such a grafted twins grow into (if they survive).

Yeah, there are two primary ways of albinos surviving. Either you graft them onto a healthy plant, or you put it in with an established plant with a microbial network.

The albino seedling might be able to suck nutrients from the healthy plant through the network or feed on the network itself. This is how albino plants survive in the wild.

Hello guys.

All of my new Adenium seedlings (about 3 weeks old) looks normal, except one. Made a search and found this topic about albinos. As far as I can see/read all albinos are completely white/pink'ish, but mine seems to have a normal stem and cotyledons, only the growth above seems to be without the green pigment.

How is that even possible ?

Any thoughts ?

Wow! I can't wait to see what happens!

I suspect this one is variegated.

Thanks for your input, jedobaTX9b.

Do you really think it's variegated, even though the difference between top and buttom is so distinct ? I mean, the top really looks like a albino, and not just pale or different.. (BTW; the seedling next to it, is from the same seedpod).

I only say it because it started green, and if you look closely, it has some green still in the leaves.

Ah, yes you're right. I didn't notice till now.

This whole "mixed bag" out of the same seed pod possibility is what makes Adenium growing so exciting and interesting. It's kind of a gamble. You never know what to expect or what may happen. Very cool, but can also be a bit of a let down if you've waited for a flower only to find it's pretty basic in its appearance. Luck of the draw.

Tyler

Just asking out of curiosity, but if you sliced a little off of the side of each one, put them together touching and bound them with tape, would they graft into each other, letting the albino feed off of the green one? It would be interesting to see a bi-colored adenium plant. I'm buying some seeds next year, so I almost hope I'll get an albino so I can try this.

I can't find any adenium where I live, I'd love to buy a couple little guys,will pay shipping and good money for them(just regular ones;) anyone have extra to sell ..I just bought 2 on amazon and they both arrived with rot:( hence the thread I just started)I need a reliable person to buy from..I want one so bad.. that doesn't have rot lol

Hi Sara do you have a address in the U.S.? You will need one to to get plants from here if so pm me your email address I have seeds and a few plants I have some seeds pods that should open soon that you can have just pay for shipping but they are pink and white

roger

Hi Rodger..thank you for your kindness and I do have a US address..I am new to the site and don't know how to PM you but my email is sarasgreenthumb@gmail.com .. id love to talk about purchasing some from you, that would be amazing..at work for tonight(just incase I'm to busy to check my email, but I will definitely respond :) I can also give you my cell # as text is so easy..even easier than email for me lol(but ether way is good. (705) 5421438

Oops Roger*

I agree with Jerry. The seedling shown is variegated. All white leaves are not good ... I recommend moving it out of direct sunlight so it can make some green. You will then see it's true nature. Congrats!!

Sara, to message a user, click on their name.

Thanks Maria for the help(as always) but it still won't give me the option lol and I even made sure the option was on in my settings on my profile page, mabee cuz I'm on a cell? Huh I dunno..but I got in touch with Roger and he's so kind!! And sold me the most gorgeous plants ..I'm so blessed:)