Re: SPEC:VERSICOLOR:exploring
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
Dennis Kramb wrote:
>
> >From: "Dan & Marilyn Mason" <dmason@rainyriver.Lakeheadu.ca>
> >
>> Both of these had symetrical flowers. But this 5
> >petaled Versicolor will be something to watch and try
> >crossing next year, to see if the seedlings carry this
> >trait. Could this five petaled selection be a natural
> >tetraploid, or how about a "pentaploid?" The size of the
> >flower was no larger than that of the flowers with three of
> >everything, just more full, from the extra petals.
>
> According to my books, versicolors are natural tetraploids. The only
> pentaploids I've heard of were all chemically induced in labs.
>
I am confused. I thought "ploidiness" as in tetraploids and diploids etc were
characteristics of chromosomes not having anything to do with the number of petals.
John | "There be dragons here"
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