Re: [Aroid-l] Pinellia Polly Spout

From: Tony Avent <Tony at plantdelights.com> on 2011.04.21 at 21:58:40(22040) Jim: Last near the new cross was indeed fertile, but then we have it in a row beside P. 'Polly Spout'. To really find if it is also self sterile, we would need to move a plant into an isolation block, which we have not done. We grew additional seedlings from the new cross, and they, like their parents appear to be identical, although they aren't old enough for a size comparison yet. It was my hope to have some characteristics of P. cordata in the hybrid, but no luck so far. I also added P. peltata to the isolation block with the original P. 'Polly Spout' in hope of hybrids that have characteristics of both parents. Stay tuned. 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 -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of James Waddick Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:59 AM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Pinellia Polly Spout > 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. 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 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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