Re: hybridizing

>
>>There is an ongoing discussion about maternal vs paternal traits in
>>the daylily robin. It seems there is a difference between pod parents
>>and pollen parents. Among other things plant vitality and hardiness
>>seem to be carried by the pod or maternal parent. I expect that iris
>>would be the same.
>
>Dennis, I am a skeptic.  I've heard such theories re daylilies, but do not
>believe there is scientific evidence to support them.  Although one should

I used to be a skeptic about this too, now I'm simply confused. I've heard
this same discussion numerous times among orchid people, many of whom believe
that which parent is which does make a difference (well beyond the obvious
mechanical issues in some crosses), and within the last year or two I've
seen a preliminary report seeming to suggest that even in humans it may
make a differance for some traits from which parent they're inheirited.

I'd also appreciate any good references on this topic anyone has.


-- Steve Marak
-- SAMARAK@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU or SAMARAK@UAFSYSB.BITNET
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