Albinism in Dawn Redwoods??

[rockm]

This is so common in coastal redwoods, someone has patented a few varieties of them AND written a book about the subject...

Pondering the Existence of the Mysterious Albino Redwoods

Tom Stapleton's research on albino redwoods started with searching for these rare trees in the wild and has led to the patent of three albino redwood varieties, named “Mosaic Delight”, “Grand Mosaic,” and “Early Snow,” which are albino redwood chimeras. Stapleton hopes to shed more light on...

www.savetheredwoods.org

Albino Redwoods Point to Resiliency Within The Species

Redwood enthusiasts who are lucky enough to know where these elusive albino redwoods reside have discovered that some of these peculiar trees tend to dieback and regrow in cyclical patterns. Some basal albino redwoods exhibit large amounts of leaf litter accumulation while others show very...

www.chimeraredwoods.com

 

[LittleDingus]

This is so common in coastal redwoods, someone has patented a few varieties of them AND written a book about the subject...

Pondering the Existence of the Mysterious Albino Redwoods

Tom Stapleton's research on albino redwoods started with searching for these rare trees in the wild and has led to the patent of three albino redwood varieties, named “Mosaic Delight”, “Grand Mosaic,” and “Early Snow,” which are albino redwood chimeras. Stapleton hopes to shed more light on...

www.savetheredwoods.org

Albino Redwoods Point to Resiliency Within The Species

Redwood enthusiasts who are lucky enough to know where these elusive albino redwoods reside have discovered that some of these peculiar trees tend to dieback and regrow in cyclical patterns. Some basal albino redwoods exhibit large amounts of leaf litter accumulation while others show very...

www.chimeraredwoods.com

I've been in contact with Tom about this one. He suspects the heavy metals leaching from the rubber paint I used to protect the hollow of a cypress knee that was this tree's pot may have played a role. The fall before I noticed it, the tree had been severely dehydrated which can further increase the concentration of heavy metals in tissues and thus increase the likelihood of mutation.

I've started more trees in that cypress knee this spring. We'll see if I get more mutations in the coming years. My sample size to create this one was 5 trees and 3 years. Either this was a 1 in a million fluke or it's common given the conditions. Statistics would argue the latter. We'll see...

 

[LittleDingus]

Only one albino bud this year so far



The section with albinism is from just after where the branch splits from the trunk up until the 'Y'.

I'd really like to get another mixed branch or two to increase the opportunities. The pure albino branches don't handle the heat well which doesn't bode well for that single bud. The full albino buds die off leaving no opportunity for future albino buds It's not possible to tell from the bark where the mutation is, but I fear it is losing out and eventually I won't get the albino buds any longer.

Oh well...it's still a fun tree

 

[ShadyStump]

I was hoping for you.
Still, it's been fun watching this.

 

[Vincent Tanner]

I’m just here to say I love seeing an MTG card in your profile pic. Dingus Egg!

 

[August]

You hear that @LittleDingus ? We have yet another Magic the Gathering appreciator in our ranks

 

[Vincent Tanner]

You hear that @LittleDingus ? We have yet another Magic the Gathering appreciator in our ranks

God, I was in deep for years… I’d go to every FNM, tons of PTQ’s, GP’s, states, SCG. I miss those days. Now it’s just some EDH once in a while.

 

[August]

God, I was in deep for years… I’d go to every FNM, tons of PTQ’s, GP’s, states, SCG. I miss those days. Now it’s just some EDH once in a while.

Last one at the risk of taking away from this very cool thread about albinism, but...
I love EDH, it's all I play, and I don't play often, but I have something like 4 decks ready to go at the drop of a hat! Such a weird and fantastic game it is

 

[LittleDingus]

God, I was in deep for years… I’d go to every FNM, tons of PTQ’s, GP’s, states, SCG. I miss those days. Now it’s just some EDH once in a while.

I miss it sometimes. I didn't play in person except for friends and family. But I liked leagues online...and the occasional online draft.

I got in early...Revised. I got out sometime around 10th. I had full sets of everything in between...mostly for the art which I enjoyed immensely!

I bought a bitchin telescope with the money from selling off my collection

 

[LittleDingus]

I was hoping for you.
Still, it's been fun watching this.

I'm not giving up on it. I cut it back heavy just keeping enough growth above the albino section that the branch shouldn't die back. I'll keep cutting hoping to trigger back budding...but only when I'm happy with how strong that branch is.