Re: Siberians/Japanese


In a message dated 96-09-12 07:28:41 EDT, you write:

> For people
>starting out with Siberians or Japanese I always recommend they start with
>diploids to ensure success

Is there any way to guess from appearance of the plant whether it is diploid
or tet?  i have a huge clump of Japanese out in the death zone/garden that I
grew from a seed pack from Park's years ago - the only survivor.  From your
comments, I assume it is diploid, but wonder if there is a way to tell by
looking.  I know that with some of the tetraploid/diploid daylilies it is
obvious, and diploid and tet TBs look different.  

The seeds were called 'Kaempferi hybrids', which, as  explained before,
doesn't mean anything, but does that give a clue to ploidy?

Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east TN USA



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