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Re: Chocolate scented cosmos

I was looking for micropropagation techniques on the Web, and came across a
reference to chocolate cosmos.  I think it was in the Kew Botanical Gardens
(U.K.) microprop section.  As I recall, the plant is now extinct in the
wild, and the only source is the clonally propagated material.  

Rick Grazzini
rickg@centrelab.com
USDA 5 or 6 / Sunset 43


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> From: Don Martinson <dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Chocolate scented cosmos
> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 1997 9:23 PM
> 
> >My friend has some of these plants and she also has seed. Are they
> >sterile? Why
> >is no one offering the seeds and only the plants? We would really like
to get
> >more plants from the ones she has to share.  Any info would be
appreciated if
> >anyone has any on these.
> >
> 
> It was my understanding (from anecdotal information) that all the
chocolate
> cosmos being offered are derived vegitatively from the same ancestor and
> that the plant is no longer available from the wild.  Also, they are said
> to be self-sterile.  It would be interesting to find out if the seed that
> she says she has are fertile.
> 
> 
>
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