Friday, April 9, 2010

Etiolation!

Etiolation: The state of plants that have been grown in the dark: they are not green, having little or no chlorophyll, and they have very long internodes and rudimentary leaf growth. These features associated with etiolation ensure, under natural conditions, that the shoot is carried towards the light as rapidly as possible.

It took several of my coworkers to figure out how to spell this word, and we all have horticulture degrees! And I forgot there was a t in the word. When searching for this I came across an old article from the new york times in 1901 and they were experimenting with different plants and how they grow almost deformed under little or no light. It was pretty interesting!
Check out these plants I found that etiolated

Silver Mound

Silver Mound

Leucanthemum Becky

Achillea

Pretty funky looking plants!

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