Pinellia Polly Spout

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

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
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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