Re: aroid hybrid

**T* A* <t*@plantdelights.com>**

Marek:

The Code doesn't specify which parent comes first in the name of a 
bigeneric hybrid, but the standard in all breeding is to put the 
maternal parent first.

Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
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Marek Argent wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I think my suggestions are more elegant and easy to remember.
> Anyway, I don't remember all the rules of intergeneric hybrid nomenclature,
> Should the mother plant be first, does it matter?
> In Orchidaceae there are names composed from 3 parent plants like 
> Brassolaeliocattleya,
> and I don't know if it is important from which genus the seeds were 
> collected.
>
> Marek
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com>
> To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] aroid hybrid
>
>
> Aroiders:
>
> Thanks for the comments on our possible hybrid.  As for juvenility, the
> hybrid is over 4 years old...notice that it's already formed mature
> offsets.
> We also have a block of 6 year old Sauromatum from seed and none ever
> produced multiple petioles.  This plant popped up in our garden and was
> not an intentional cross...wish I could take credit for the cross.  It is
> large enough to have been flowering for at least two years, but there are
> no sign of any nearby seedlings and with such a wide cross, I would
> anticipate sterility.  It does not seem to flower through the summer as
> does pinellia, so I'm assuming that it is a spring born flower...have
> relocated it to a location where I won't miss it next year.  Since the
> cross was closest to the pinellia parent, I would assume the pinellia to
> be the maternal parent, making it a x Pinelamatum.  Now if we can make the
> reciprocal cross, perhaps that could use x Sauronelia.
>
>   
>> Incredible!
>>
>> You've successfully made an intergeneric cross.
>> Now let's think about the new genus name according to the botanical
>> nomenclature.
>> I suggest:
>> × Sauronellia (if the genus Sauromatum will be back) or ×Typhonellia if
>> venosum will stay in Typhonium.
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Marek
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com>
>> To: "Aroid - L group" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:44 PM
>> Subject: [Aroid-l] aroid hybrid
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Aroiders:
>>>
>>> Has anyone had experiences with Pinellia hybridizing with Sauromatum?
>>> I know all my taxonomist friends are either reaching for a stiff drink
>>> or headache medicine at the thought of such a hybrid.  I'm not even sure
>>> if this is even theoretically possible, but to be sure, we never let our
>>> plants read genetics books.   Take a look at our hybrid of Pinellia
>>> pedatisecta and Sauromatum venosum.  The height is 2' tall and, the
>>> leaves are intermediate between the two parents.  The plant produces
>>> sauromatum like speckled petioles, but with many emerging per corm
>>> (sauromatum only produces one each) like the pinellia parent.  I missed
>>> the flower this year, but will watch closer next year.  I'd like to hear
>>> your thoughts.  http://www.plantdelights.com/gallery/Aroids
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tony Avent
>>> 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
>>>
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> Tony Avent
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> Plant Delights Nursery
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> Raleigh, NC  27603, USA
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