Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:01:13 +0100 From: Nigel Hurneyman <nigel.hurneyman@oracle.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2993$foo@default> Subject: re: Drosera Hybrids Listing
If you have 10 'different' sundews, the potential number of primary
hybrids is perm 2 from 10 = 45. If you include secondary and higher
order crosses, the potential number of 'different' hybrids is infinite.
Of course, a good proportion of the potential crosses will probably be
incompatible, and by the time you've back-crossed a hybrid with one of
its parents n times you might not notice any difference from the parent
without doing DNA comparisons, so that would be a pointless cross.
A substantial number of the published pygmy sundew 'species' may well
turn out to be hybrids.
NigelH
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