Amorph. cross

From: "Albert Knight" mrknight at charter.net> on 2006.01.21 at 14:12:46(13751) Well, I guess a visit from Mr. H was going to happen, The cross I made earlier this year between Amorphophallus bulbifer and sumawongii was successful. Bulbifer being the recipient of pollen, I recieved approx. 100 seeds. They range in varoius sizes, but most are large seeds from what I am used to seeing. I have no idea on the best way to germinate them or to even try. My internal curiousometer wants to see what they might become. Any help would be nice. By the way Last year had been a terrible year for health, And this year I have gone back to school full time to get my Civil Engineering degree while still working full time. Hope to see you all soon. Albert Knight, Beaufort SC +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2006.01.21 at 21:41:45(13755) I wouldn't hold my breath here: Amorphophallus bulbifer is a triploid (3n = 39) and could never ever produce fertile offspring of interspecific hybrid origin. It always sets purely apomictic seeds (without any pollination) and produces "offspring" identical to the mother plant. I am sorry, but I am not buying a ticket to see 100 bulbifer clones.......... +More Sorry to disappoint you.... Cheerio, Lord P. Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Albert KnightVerzonden: zaterdag 21 januari 2006 15:13Aan: Discussion of aroidsOnderwerp: [Aroid-l] Amorph. cross Well, I guess a visit from Mr. H was going to happen, The cross I made earlier this year between Amorphophallus bulbifer and sumawongii was successful. Bulbifer being the recipient of pollen, I recieved approx. 100 seeds. They range in varoius sizes, but most are large seeds from what I am used to seeing. I have no idea on the best way to germinate them or to even try. My internal curiousometer wants to see what they might become. Any help would be nice. By the way Last year had been a terrible year for health, And this year I have gone back to school full time to get my Civil Engineering degree while still working full time. Hope to see you all soon. Albert Knight, Beaufort SC _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: hermine hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2006.01.21 at 22:05:13(13756) At 01:41 PM 1/21/2006, Wilbert Hetterscheid wrote: I wouldn't hold my breath here: Amorphophallus bulbifer is a triploid (3n = 39) and could never ever produce fertile offspring of interspecific hybrid origin. It always sets purely apomictic seeds (without any pollination) and produces "offspring" identical to the mother plant. I am sorry, but I am not buying a ticket to see 100 bulbifer clones.......... Sorry to disappoint you.... Cheerio, Lord P. you know, when plants behave like this, it makes a regular person HUMBLE. When critters reproduce by making more of themselves without intervention, it is like, oh, call it DIVINE. I understand that frogs do this, which led to some interesting turns of plot in JURASSIC PARK, the worst movie of the Modern Era. but when I read the book and the dumb scientist said, oh we used some Rana DNA because our Tyrannosaurus rex DNA was a little broken, I ALREADY KNEW THE WHOLE PLOT. Polyploidy is one of my favourite things. hermine +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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