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Old 25-04-2003, 01:08 PM
Cereoid-XXXXX
 
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Default Bromeliads - Pineapples

You didn't answer the question, Rinkytink.

That must be because you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about,
including the proper usage of the English language.

Once again I ask you: If Ananas comosus is a hybrid, what are the parent
species?

Sorry Dude, but there are monotypic genera that contain only a single
species. Ananas isn't one of them.

The word "species" is spelled the same whether you are talking about one or
a million of them.


P van Rijckevorsel wrote in message
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Cereoid-XXXXX schreef
You sound like a horticulturist when you dismiss a plant as being a

hybrid. They always confuse cultivars with hybrids.

If Ananas comosus is a hybrid, what are the parent species?


There are more than one species in the genus Ananas, so you have a few

to
choose from!

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This does not seem to require comment except
- "one species" is singular so it should be "There is more than one

species"
- if a plant is a hybrid then there should be at least two parents, making
three species already, so "there is more than one species in the genus

...."
is a self-evident and redundant statement
- Ananas has some eight species which does not seem like a big genus to

me?
PvR