Re: species true from seed?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: species true from seed?
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:08:18 EST
In a message dated 1/11/01 9:52:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, Meum71@aol.com
writes:
<< If the species are planted
near other species of the same genera, you could get interspecies crosses,
which would then of course not be true.>>
The above case is hybrid, as I stated hybrids do not come true to type.
>>
Paul, I guess I didn't make my point clear here. If you're collecting
species seed, and a different species is nearby, the seed you are collecting
may indeed be a hybrid of the two species. My point was that in this case,
the seed from one plant of the species may be a hybrid and not true to the
species.
You're also right about the case of "improved" species, when there's a lot of
selection going on. I suppose you could also get the reverse case and have
an inferior clone of the species.
Bill Lee
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