Re: Synandrospadix breeding

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I no longer have the plant, or I would offer mine up for the experiment.  But I do think that those of you who have this species, should consider sending each other offsets, so that all can start propagating and sharing the seeds. The IAS membership used to do this sort of thing all the time decades ago. It was important to the membership to get these plants out into the hobby, especially as so many species were disappearing from the wild. Julius Boos, Steve Lucas, Tom Croat, Dewey Fisk, and so many others used to share material just to get rare species out into the hobby. This makes so many hard to find species more generally available, builds networks of breeders, develops relationships, and conserves the species.

Happy days,

Christopher

On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 at 11:12, Steve Marak <samarak@gizmoworks.com> wrote:

Christopher,

Love to!

Wilbert told me many years ago that only young Synandrospadix will make offsets and, as usual, it seems he's right. I got one offset from my plant many years ago (that's the one I tried outdoors), and none since.

But I'd be happy to collect pollen from mine and send it to to others.

Steve

On 6/2/2023 11:03 AM, D. Christopher Rogers wrote:

Anyone want to share clones and try to get some genetic diversity into the hobby populations?

Christopher

On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 at 11:00, Don Martinson <l*@wi.rr.com> wrote:

I’ve tried this as well, Steve.  That’s why I ask.  Thanks.

Don

> On Jun 2, 2023, at 10:52 AM, Steve Marak <samarak@gizmoworks.com> wrote:
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> Don, for what it's worth I've tried to self my single clone several times and never gotten any seed.
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> Steve
>

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