Re: Fern apogamy

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• Subject: Re: [ferns] Fern apogamy
• From: Tony Avent t*@plantdelights.com
• Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 10:29:06 -0500
• In-reply-to: 54EDA6A1.55180277.0C28845F@aol.com

Fern Growers:

	I have been studying the list of apogamous ferns that Tom posted last week
and have a question.  We are growing a hybrid cyrtomium, C. falcataum x C.
caryotideum.  We received our original plant from Sue Olsen several years
ago.  Both species are listed as apogamous with C. falcatum swinging both
ways.  I would expect the hybrid to be apogamous also, but when we grew
spores from the original hybrid, the offspring varied widely.  Most fern
hybrids that we have tried to grow from spores are sterile, and the few
that are fertile ones appear to be apogamous.  Are their other cases in
which fertile fern hybrids are not apogamous?

Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, NC  27603  USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
email tony@plantdelights.com
website  http://www.plantdel.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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