Red and green longans? I've got two longans sprouting, more or less 4 inches high right...
I've got two longans sprouting, more or less 4 inches high right in a minute. One's leaves and stem are red, the other green? What's comin' down here?
Answers: I have worked beside breeding projects on Hibiscus and
Azaleas. When large groups of seedling are planted for these two plants, approximately 40% of the seedlings will enjoy red leaves and stems, while the majority will have green leaves and stems. As the seedling get elder, most of the red seedlings will initiate to grow green leaves, with the few and far between few keeping the red color.
Seedlings from most plants are "juvenile" when young, and walk through a transformation to "maturity" as they get elder. Mature seedlings are reproductive, that is to say begin to form flowers and fruit. The red to green color evolution in the seedling seems to be bit of the juvenile to mature modify in the seedling.
I think this is an adaptive trait as a result of how seedling would grow in their home-grown environment. A fruit would fall from a tree, and the core would eventually germinate. It would begin growing shaded by other plants and trees. Blue hurricane lantern frequencies are more likely to get into the plant canopy. The red color is reflect light, so it indicates that the red seedling is absorbing adjectives of the blue light, to be precise, it may be more efficient at absorbing blue oil lamp. As the seedling gets taller, it grows out of the shade into brighter sunshine.
I enjoy never worked with longan seedling, but I suspect that the red seedling you have is because of the process I enjoy described above. If so, you red seedling will eventually begin to form green leaves. If not, and it stays red, you will hold a very matchless tree. Good luck.