Re: TC and OS
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: TC and OS
- From: M* <M*@aol.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 16:09:18 EDT
In a message dated 98-05-25 09:45:34 EDT, you write:
<< Or I may have obtained my original plants from a lab
several years ago and have been dividing clumps ever since. Is it still
tc after 5 generations? It kind of makes the terms rather meaningless
unless they are narrowly defined, and I guess only the AHS has the clout
to do that.
Opinions?
>>
TC PLANTS CAN NEVER BE CONSIDERED OS....PERIOD......
THERE ARE COLLECTORS WHO REQUIRE, NAY DEMAND, ORIGINATORS STOCK.....
THOSE PEOPLE CLAIM THAT THE PLANTS ARE SUPERIOR......AND WITHOUT A
DOUBT.....TRUE TO FORM & DESCRIPTION.....THERE ARE VERY SMALL ODDS THAT IT
WILL REVERT [I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT STREAKED BREEDING STOCK] OR CHANGE INTO
SOMETHING ELSE....
OS CAN, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BE TRACED BACK TO THE ORIGINATOR....MOST PEOPLE
WHO SELL OS PLANTS PAID A PREMIUM AND SELL AT A PREMIUM........I BELIEVE THAT
BOB KUK AND VAN WADE LIST BOTH TYPES OF PLANTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
CATALOGS....AND CHARGE ACCORDINGLY FOR EACH....
FOR THE NEOPHYTE OR AVERAGE COLLECTOR, I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT ONLY PRICE
MATTERS......I WILL NOT PAY A PREMIUM FOR OS, IF I CAN GET IT CHEAPER....ON
THE OTHER HAND, NO IMMATURE TC LINER IS WORTH ANYTHING.....ON THE THIRD HAND I
WILL GET OS IF THE PRICE IS RESONABLE....AND ON THE 4TH HAND, IF THE PLANT IS
A NOTORIOUSLY SLOW GROWER, OS STOCK MAY BE WORTH THE MONEY.....WE ALL HAVE HAD
TC PLUGS SIT THERE FOR 2 OR 3 YEARS DOING NOTHING......A GOOD CROWN CUT OFF A
MATURE PLANT WILL USUALLY GROW FASTER AND SOONER, BUT NOT ALWAYS.....
SO MUCH FOR MY OPINION....KEN
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