Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid breeding problems

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2009.01.05 at 10:22:26 Dear Brian=2C Because GOD--and some aroid freaks around (I GUESS I am one of them) don`t like hybrids! =3B :--) Seriously=2C I`m certain that others will explain the ''whys'' of this ''reluctance'' of a ''good'' species to ''reject'' the pollen of another seemingly related species=2C but if there were not these ''barricades'' would`nt you think that pretty soon there would only be ONE species "left standing"? Julius >=3B Date: Sun=2C 4 Jan 2009 17:35:51 -0500 >=3B From: pugturd@alltel.net >=3B To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >=3B Subject: [Aroid-l] Aroid breeding problems >=3B >=3B I have been working on breeding aroids for many years now. I have found >=3B a few species that show some very interesting traits that I am looking >=3B to work with. These aroids are self fertile but if I add pollen from a >=3B different similar species it never takes. I remember having similar >=3B problems with Amorphophallus bulbifer. What is the cause of this and why >=3B is the pollen unable to take? It really does not make much sense to me >=3B sense the plant is fertile and able to receive it's own pollen. I would >=3B think that a similar species would easily cross with it. Is their any >=3B way around this barricade? >=3B _______________________________________________ >=3B Aroid-L mailing list >=3B Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >=3B http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --_995bf3bb-abaf-4d45-9316-a751b25f0d65_----===============9147930300802619879==

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