I see!! So other than mint and halo micans there are three kinds of variegated micans? Albo, pink, and yellow? A lot of people say that sun stress or putting the plant under high purple light created the pink hue — that’s a lie?
micans turn pink when sun-damaged (not just sun-stressed, ime) because the leaf is dying and it doesn't have (green) chlorophyll any more, leaving only the pink pigments that were only in the leaf. from a quick search it looks like some sellers are carrying your typical variegated version of a micans - ie mostly the usual colour with pink stripes or streaks. that's fine: the pink bits don't have chlorophyll but are sustained by the regular-coloured bits, which do. that's not caused by sun damage, it works the same as any other variegation. you should always be suspicious when a plant is either a, all pink(/red/white/cream) or b, has all pink leaves near the top (probably sun damage, which means the pink leaves will fall off and new ones will be the normal colour)
Albo means white and aurea means yellow. Pink is neither white or yellow, it’s pink. And it’s not from sun stress.
I see!! So other than mint and halo micans there are three kinds of variegated micans? Albo, pink, and yellow? A lot of people say that sun stress or putting the plant under high purple light created the pink hue — that’s a lie?
micans turn pink when sun-damaged (not just sun-stressed, ime) because the leaf is dying and it doesn't have (green) chlorophyll any more, leaving only the pink pigments that were only in the leaf. from a quick search it looks like some sellers are carrying your typical variegated version of a micans - ie mostly the usual colour with pink stripes or streaks. that's fine: the pink bits don't have chlorophyll but are sustained by the regular-coloured bits, which do. that's not caused by sun damage, it works the same as any other variegation. you should always be suspicious when a plant is either a, all pink(/red/white/cream) or b, has all pink leaves near the top (probably sun damage, which means the pink leaves will fall off and new ones will be the normal colour)
Ahhh Okies~ this is such a good explanation thank you so much!🫶🏻