Re: Hybrids

From: SelbyHort at aol.com on 2000.05.02 at 21:58:04(4513) Neil Carrol wrote about hybrids and I have to say that one of our clones of Anthurium dressleri, which is a selfing of the clonotype, grows far easier than the original plant collected from the wild. Sometimes selection via sibling crosses or selfing of species can provide some additional vigor or horticultural improvements not known in the parent(s). One does not necessarily need to resort to hybridizing different species to get interesting results. It is also true that the hybrids of Anthurium dressleri are indeed much easier to grow and some of these hybrids are exceptional clones. +More Donna Atwood << Some times a plant that is desirable is not easily grown. Sometimes some of these desirable traits may be crossed onto a kindred species which is easier to grow. ( Anth. dressleri is hard to grow in Florida, but it's hybrids are grown very well there) >>

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