I remember a high school experiment with corn - "albino" seedling grew well up until the cotyledon food supply was used up. A recessive, at least in corn. If your agapanthus was self-pollinated that might explain the percentage. Judy in New Jersey with 7 inches of snow on the ground, more coming down, and small birds - lots of juncos, also goldfinches and sparrows - frantically at the feeders On 2/1/2021 8:32 AM, Kathleen Sayce via pbs wrote: > I am curious to know how typical it is for seedlings in monocot groups to have no chlorophyll. > > This fall I noticed a tall Agapanthus in my garden had a few seeds on the stalk, so I gathered those that were left and sprouted them on a window sill, along with seeds from a Watsonia. So far, 14 of the 16 Agapanthus have chlorophyll, 2 do not, 12.5 percent. > The Watsonia pot has 12 seedlings, 11 have chlorophyll, 8.3 percent. > > 12.5 percent seems high for a known fatal condition among photosynthetic species. > > How common is this condition? > > Kathleen > Zone 8, PNW coast, with strafing rain > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>