Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 12:12:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Perry Malouf <pmalouf@access.digex.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3453$foo@default> Subject: Re: Nepenthes x. williamsii
Tim Williams wrote:
> ...and although I vaguely know that some plant hybrids
> are either sterile or else do not breed true (or not for long), I had no
> idea that this was invariably the case with nepenthes of this kind.
No ignorance showing through here :-)
I didn't mean to imply that this was "invariably the case..." I
brought it up for the same reason you wrote, above, that some plant
hybrids do not breed true for long.
I don't know how far you can go with which Nepenthes hybrid before
seeds no longer produce the likeness of the parent hybrids.
Perhaps some of the wild hybrids, like N. x hookeriana or N x
kinabaluensis, can reproduce true from their seeds? These
have established populations in the wild.
> perhaps...another knowledgeable grower could post a brief (and simple)
> explanation of which (if any) Nep. hybrids CAN be propagated true via seed,
> and which cannot? Or are all hybrids going to produce different offspring
> (do they revert to the ancestor types?)
Yes, I'd like that as well since I don't know much about this myself.
Too bad Bruce Bednar isn't on the list. He's had a lot of experience
in producing Nepenthes hybrids.
Regards,
Perry Malouf
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