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Post by darwinslair on May 26, 2010 18:48:37 GMT -5
Just one out of thousands. Noticed it today. Anyone ever seen one in their corn like that? It is stripes of white and green. Variety is Wamneheza.
Tom
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Post by darwinslair on May 26, 2010 18:49:16 GMT -5
I should clarify: There is only one variegated cornstalk out of thousands of plants of corn.
Tom
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Post by spacecase0 on May 27, 2010 22:15:55 GMT -5
I have a variety that was variegated, but
one plant came out totally white, that one did not do so well.
it was called "indian corn" on the packet
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Post by blueadzuki on May 28, 2010 15:02:45 GMT -5
when I planted out my Peruvian conrn this year a few seeds from cob #1 (red skinned kernels over cream with fine blue speckles, bullet shaped kernels) appeard to lack clorphyll and came up gold colored (looked kinda the same color as straw, ecept they still had the "feel" of living wet tissue and the pink bits near the midribs were still pink. I just chalked it up to the seed being so old (as I understand age can damage seed DNA as well as simply render seed sterile) I probably shoud hve kept a few to grow them out but I tripped while re planting the seedlings and sat on the pile I had made of them.
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Post by darwinslair on May 28, 2010 22:12:17 GMT -5
I am thinking that I will de-tassel that one stalk so that it does'nt cross with the other corn, and let it be a mother but not a father. Then I will grow that one out and see what it does.
Tom
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Post by DarJones on May 30, 2010 21:09:49 GMT -5
The descriptions above are typical of chlorophyll mutations. Most chlorophyll mutations result in non-viable plants, the exception being variegated plants which still have normal chlorophyll in parts of the leaves.
I grew Bloody Butcher corn several years ago that produced a few white seedlings. They lived about 2 weeks before the stored kernel starch was exhausted. Without chlorophyll, they died quickly.
DarJones
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Post by darwinslair on May 31, 2010 9:03:40 GMT -5
This plant is viable. In fact, it is one of the tallest healthiest ones there.
Tom
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Post by ottawagardener on May 31, 2010 19:48:19 GMT -5
Sounds interesting. I have a variegated pea which I'm hoping will produce something other than dead seedlings or green plants. We shall see.
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Post by darwinslair on May 31, 2010 21:28:51 GMT -5
Here is a photo my wife took of the plant. Notice, it is quite vigorous, and not stunted at all. Kinda reminds me of the hostas. Tom Attachments:
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Post by bunkie on Jun 1, 2010 11:53:14 GMT -5
that's really interesting tom.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jun 1, 2010 16:27:24 GMT -5
Yeah, i have a few like that. But, i specifically planted Indian corn.  I actually have one similar to that one, but with yellowish stripes in the Double Red Sweet Corn plot. I think it might have the "Old Gold" gene. In my other plot i planted one of Japonica Striped, and it looks very similar to your picture, but it has pink edging on the leaves. It's actually not as cool as i was hoping for. You probably have one that got cross pollinated with some Indian corn. I actually think the white striping is a recessive gene, but i haven't grown enough to figure that out for sure. Last year i had one similar to your picture, but it only had two white stripes. some others came out completely white as seedlings, but they died off because they had no chlorophyll. In my Indian corn plot this year i have one that has a very dark purple stripe on the otherwise green leaves. I will be saving seed from it, and see if after a few generations i can produce some more pronounced purple striping. |
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Post by darwinslair on Jun 1, 2010 19:13:22 GMT -5
Wamneheza is an old hominy corn from the Dakota (not lakota) sioux of South Dakota.
So guess it is an "indian corn"
Tom
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