Re: Vegetative propagation

    I'd forgotten about flukes, Paul -- but now that you've reminded me,
it'll be a while before I can eat sashimi again!
    Can viruses cause genetic changes?

    Somebody (not a plant person) said that this sounded like a chimera,
which, according to www.m-w.com, is "an individual, organ, or part
consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution." Are chimera
common in the plant world? I'm referring to naturally occurring chimera,
not grafting.
    By the way, those two African violets plants differed only in the
depth of coloring. The flowers of eah had the doubled form and picotee
edges of the parent plant.
    (Is it really called a "parent" plant when you take a cutting?
Perhaps "donor" plant is more accurate.) (What is the plural of chimera?
Still chimera? Chimeras? Chimerae?)

Janet

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