[Aroid-l] Pinellia Polly Spout

From: "Tony Avent" <tony at plantdelights.com> on 2010.07.07 at 15:41:07(21161) Dear Aroiders: I wrote last year that the "sterile" Pinellia 'Polly Spout' had indeed become fertile when it was grown near another flowering species of pinellia. We planted our first batch of seed from P. 'Polly Spout'x P. tripartita last year and they are now flowering. I had expected a range of variation, but instead got what appears to be a case of obligate apomixis, as every seedling appears clonal. We have established another isolation block with P. 'Polly Spout' and P. cordata and P. peltata. I will report on those seedlings next season. Tony Avent +More Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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