Toss it? I'm no Neo expert but do I see carolinae and/or Vulcan-type madness going on there?

This is supposed to be a variegated plant and until a few days ago no variegation was showing. Now the var has started to appear in the top leaves. The plant is two and a half years old and until now the color was like the lower leaves

That's not that cull of mine, is it? If it is....... toss it! ;-)

OK its tossed but it wasnt yours LOL

What was it?

First prize

Hmmm...... I guess that explains why the 3 pictures on FCBS all look so different. The variegation only comes out when the planets are all in perfect alignment!

Just goes to show the hazards of ordering a plant based on a single picture.

Here is a link that might be useful: Neo. First Prize

Very nice HDD, goes to show, some plants make you wait a looong time! So it is a very slow grower? Another question. Does ALL First Prizes eventually develop variagation? And looking at Michael's prize list, if you buy a straight First price for $8, it means you get a young pup (which could or will develop variegation) but getting a FP variegated, you get a much older plant for double the prize (making up for all the care the plant got) allready variegated? Japie

First prize isnt a variegated plant..it looks like mocha mint' or 'Inca'but usually a brighter color(as in the variegated plant the hue changes to an orange color)..the variegated form came later. Its not a slow grower and IDK if the late show of variegation is normal. The plant was a gift from a friend in Florida from his collection

Japie, this is what I mean when I say something is "weakly variegated". The variegation is there all the time, but it's kind of hidden unless you get just the right combination of conditions. If you fertilize it the variegation will probably become stronger, but then you'll lose all of the red marmoration, and if you grow it hard the red pigment will make the variegation invisible. You can't win!

I don't have any experience with this particular clone, I'm just speaking in general about weak variegates, as I've had a few seedlings come out this way from various crosses. To me they're just not worth the effort.

This plant also hides the variegation in real bright light..I have moved the other pups to lower light to confirm this

Interesting! I hear what you say Lisa, but judging according to what I see in the picture, it is kind of refreshingly different to most all the other variegated plants. Such a delicate, luminous appearance! I would definitely make place in my garden for a plant like that. I tend to group my plants in such a way that you see a couple of show stoppers, and then quite a couple of more 'boring' looking ones (Not that I say this plant is boring, HDD!). That way you get a more calming effect. If every plant is shouting for attention, you feel like running away! Mostly when I look at plants, I try to 'see' what their contibution to a group or the whole garden will be. Whether they will uplift, exaggerate, enhance, tone down, calm etc. This one I will plant in my contemplation corner!

Yes! I was going to say everything Japie just said,...but I could'nt think of any of the words ;^)
So if you are going to debate wether to toss the plant or not,TOSS IT TO ME. ;)
Bob

What Bob said---Geez, I can't imagine 'tossing' any plant, even if it didn't live up to expectations. I'd just offer them up for swap or postage (hint, hint)

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