Plants with variegated colored patterns are rare, beautiful gems for any plant collection. How to induce variegation in your plants? The best way to induce variegation in plants is to propagate a genetically variegated plant or the variegated parts of a plant with mutated plant cells that lack the green pigment. Inducing changes artificially by …
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If you think succulents are the cutest thing ever, you will love the ones with furry, velvet-like leaves that are covered in tiny white hairs. The white fuzzy outgrowths on leaves and stems are “trichomes”, which can be short, fine threads, or tufts of hair branching out like a star. They serve to protect the …
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When leaves turn yellow or brown, they are often misdiagnosed as sunburn, overwatering or fungal/bacterial infection. When bottom leaves drop, the problem is often ignored as natural shedding. While disease can be a cause, nutritional deficiency is most likely the root cause that makes a plant become more vulnerable to fungal/bacterial diseases and rotting. Simply …
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Variegated orchids are rare beautiful gems for any orchid collection. Their leaves have intriguing patterns of different colors, giving us something to admire even when the plant is not in bloom. What’s more, the variegation differs from leaf to leaf and may change under different lighting situations and stages of growth. In this article, …
