Re: [Aroid-l] Pinellia Polly Spout

From: James Waddick <jwaddick at kc.rr.com> on 2011.04.21 at 12:59:20(22037) > Pinellia 'Polly Spout' (P. tripartita x P. pedatisecta), ... and P. >cordata. ...are identical to the original clone except for their >size, which is uniformly 50% large than the parent...quite >unexpected. +More Dear Tony, This is quite interesting. Are these larger Polly sterile, also? I suppose it is possible that the introduction of pollen from P. cordata influenced chromosome replication somewhere along the line and these larger "hybrids" may be triploid or tetraploid. If the latter they might have increased fertility. And it will be interesting to see if Polly and the new larger Polly that are now growing together can cross breed. Is a fertile 'Super Polly' in the future.? Derek if you are in the market for smaller Pinellia I can recommend both P. cordata and P. peltatum. Both very attractive smaller less aggressive species. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F + _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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