Dangerous--Variegated?!

21 years ago

I recently beheaded my Dangerous to grow a few babies. It tends to sucker in the first place, so I just tossed out the tiny crown and let the stub start growing. The FC2 description of this plant is:

Dangerous (8509) 11/09/1996 (S. Sorano) Double red pansy/mauve overlay. Dark green, plain, pointed. Semiminiature

and I've never found it to be otherwise. But look!

All three of the new babies on the stub are doing this. I had given a (previous) sucker of this plant to my aunt, and when I visited her the other day, it was also showing some variegation. The sucker was not expressing that when I gave it to her a few months ago.

I think I'm going to start a normal leaf of the plant and see what happens. This is pretty exciting. I wish I could check the other suckers I had given away, but alas, all the others went to people who killed them.

~Brambles

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Comments (4)

lainielady
21 years ago
Brambles,

That is so intriguing and unique. It must be reverting back to one of its parents. See what "off with its head" did!!!

It will be interesting to see if the leaf you put down throws all description foliage, or blossoms for that matter. I've never had this particular violet so don't have any experience with it. Please keep us posted.

Elaine
Brambles
Original Author
21 years ago
Oh, I will. I check this plant daily now. I decided to put down two leaves from the stub--one that is fairly "old" and one that is newer. I was examining the plant under magnification after I posted, and some of the newer leaves do have a very thin white edge, where the old ones do not.

~Brambles
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cork_oh
21 years ago
Branbles
Very interesting! Why not put down one of the new leaves when you have a few more and see what you get?

You may have something really good.

Cork
korina
21 years ago
Hmm. Could it be sporting? Please, do keep us all posted.

Korina (in need of a House call...)