Please assist me to identify this plant, it has totally white leafs (with exception of the seedling leafs).
Could be a basil of some sort - there are variegated types that do this occasionally. Without any chlorophyll in the leaves, it's not long for this world.
Thanks a lot! I am adding another photo, to have a better quality. Looks then like a mutation, right? The more I will try to keep it alive. It still has a few green leafs, so I am going to get some extra light close to this plant, to give more light to the remaining green leafs. Hope that helps. In case the new photo (will make it in a few minutes) indicates it#s not a Basil, please let me know.
I am not that easy in giving up! I will place additional bright light close to this little beauty, and then let's see if we can keep her alive. Sure it is a Basil?
There's an easy way to tell - take off a tiny portion of one leaf, and rub it between your fingers. If it's basil, it will have a distinctive aroma.
Yes, I knew that one. But I don't really want to damage even a fraction of the plant - because it's sensitivity due the lack of chlorophyl. Do you think, by adding a bright (but not hot) light close by will support the plant? It still got some green leafs, below the white ones.
I wouldn't overexpose it - pale plants are really sensitive to high levels of light, and you might burn it that way.
Good point. I will ad still some light, but not as bright as intended. By the way, I use only energy-saving light bulbs. Those don't develop any heat. I will go for a small one.
I am not an expert, by any means - just a hobby gardener. But is there any possibility this may be a white poinsettia? The leaves very much remind me of poinsettia leaves, and these plants come in a variety of colors. It's normally an indoor plant around here, but it grows native in Central and South American countries, so possibly in the Caribbean as well (I see Sven is from Jamaica).
