Round sunburn spots on leaves

16 years ago

I have often wondered how does the sun get to burn a perfectly round or oval spot on some leaves of my neoregelias. A couple of days ago I was walking around in the garden with my camera and saw this funny looking whitish spot on a leave of one of my plants. On closer inspection I saw it was the sun reflecting in the pool of water in the centre of the plant. And look at the edges of the circle, much more pronounced. That came from the edges of the little pool where the water forms a miniscus (not sure about this term in English!) and then acts like a magnifying glass.

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And then also on this plant, but less noticeable:

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Japie

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LisaCLV
16 years ago
What is the second plant, Japie? Nice wide leaves on that one!
avane_gw
Original Author
16 years ago
Neo Fairy Plum. And don't you like those upturned tips, Lisa?

Japie
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LisaCLV
16 years ago
Yes, I do. ;-)

It looks pinker than the FCBS photo, which is more purpley. Is that color pretty true?
hotdiggetydam
16 years ago
all my fairy plum look more like the FCBS photo but my pink plum looks like Japie's plant..leaves are wider than fairy plum's too
avane_gw
Original Author
16 years ago
Here's a picture of my Pink Plum a little while ago. At the moment it is planted where it just got that little bit too much shade and lost it's pinkyness:
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And here is a picture I took just now. Light level where they are planted is still low this time of the day and I did not want to use the flash, it always makes them seem more red. And it rained last night!
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