Subject: Paph seedpod?
From: "Mick Fournier"
Date: 4/26/2004 11:12 AM Central Daylight Time
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RPM1,
Listen to Rob and follow his advice.
It is people like "theoneflasehaddock" who won't even list "his/her" own
name on RGO
What in the hell does my name have to do with anything? It's none of your
****ing business.
that pollute and diminish this hobby with unknown *******
crosses which unqualified people will eventually give
unsupported/unsubstantiated names in the future that really **** off
buyers/collectors in later years.
If you don't like plants without known names, don't buy them. You don't need to
go around attacking people for creating them.
BTW, this wouldn't be a no-name plant. One parent is known, obviously. As for
the other parent, I'm sure, being in a house, there were a limited number of
Paphs that could have pollinated it. In that situation, I'd grow them out, see
how they turn out.
If anything, it's good practice for when you get seeds of a known cross. It
doesn't seem like many people try and grow from seed anymore, perhaps with good
reason, but that don't mean you shouldn't try.
As for giving out unsubstantiated names, I have nowhere recommended giving
names to unknown plants. Try and stick to the subject during your flames,
they'll be more effective if they are in response to something actually said.
That's not something I would do, or reccommend. Unknown hybrids are just
that... unknown hybrids. Growing them isn't the same as claiming they are
something else.
As far as tossing the pod in a pot to grow for funnzies... why waste your
time and money? Go buy a few labeled paphs from a legitimate grower and
satisfy your need for more plants if that is the case. Plus your Macabre
will use the new found energy after hacking the pod off to grow even bigger
and more beautiful for next year.
There are a great many people that whine about how seedpods tax the energy of
plants. This is true, but, they are also the natural way many plants get
propagated. They aren't going to kill the plant, unless it is already in
trouble, or you have quite a few.
As for a waste of time and money... not knowing what to do when you manage to
get seeds off a desirable plant is a waste of time, money, and the plants
energy. Why not practice on ones that don't matter as much? There is a serious
lack of knowledge about starting from seed among orchid hobbiests.
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theoneflasehaddock