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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
Gary, that's gorgeous.
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
So where's the Ascda Meda Arnold in this one?
K Barrett "V_coerulea" wrote in message ... |
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
I really don't know. I was wondering the same thing when it first bloomed.
The pink lip is the only color. I keep it for that, plus there's a very nice fragrance that's not very noticable unless you're right on top of it. And it's a reliable bloomer for those who like the pastels and small flowers (my wife). Gary "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. So where's the Ascda Meda Arnold in this one? K Barrett "V_coerulea" wrote in message ... |
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
Sometimes plants self fertilize. There's a fancy word for this. Just the
interference with the reproductory organs makes a pod set which turns out to be a selfing rather than a cross. I always thought this would turn out a false pregnancy, ie a pod filled with chaff. But a friend of mine had this happen a couple of times to a few of his crosses. Now don't quote me. I'm only barely remembering this and (as usual) I'm probably wrong or off base. Someone will fill us in on the right term for this and set me straight. K Barrett "V_coerulea" wrote in message .. . I really don't know. I was wondering the same thing when it first bloomed. The pink lip is the only color. I keep it for that, plus there's a very nice fragrance that's not very noticable unless you're right on top of it. And it's a reliable bloomer for those who like the pastels and small flowers (my wife). Gary "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. So where's the Ascda Meda Arnold in this one? K Barrett "V_coerulea" wrote in message ... |
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
My thoughts, exactly.
-- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info! "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. So where's the Ascda Meda Arnold in this one? K Barrett "V_coerulea" wrote in message ... |
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
I'd agree with you except for 2 things. The flower is a little large for a
Nf (I think), and the plant size is way out of proportion for an Nf (see pic). Am I wrong on this; I'm certainly no expert? Any other ideas? Gary "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. Sometimes plants self fertilize. There's a fancy word for this. Just the interference with the reproductory organs makes a pod set which turns out to be a selfing rather than a cross. I always thought this would turn out a false pregnancy, ie a pod filled with chaff. But a friend of mine had this happen a couple of times to a few of his crosses. Now don't quote me. I'm only barely remembering this and (as usual) I'm probably wrong or off base. Someone will fill us in on the right term for this and set me straight. K Barrett "V_coerulea" wrote in message .. . I really don't know. I was wondering the same thing when it first bloomed. The pink lip is the only color. I keep it for that, plus there's a very nice fragrance that's not very noticable unless you're right on top of it. And it's a reliable bloomer for those who like the pastels and small flowers (my wife). Gary "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. So where's the Ascda Meda Arnold in this one? K Barrett "V_coerulea" wrote in message ... |
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
"apomixis" is the word I think you are looking for, K Barrett. It is
asexual reproduction from unfertilized egg or pollen cells. Some species of plants do it as a natural alternative to sexual reproduction; forming a natural clone of the parent plant. It must have some evolutionary advantage just not as strong an advantage as sexual reproduction...or there would be more of it. I have heard it said that zygopetulums may do this. http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/full/13/7/1491 It is NOT the same thing as self fertilizing where the pollen from a plant fertilizes the egg from the same plant. I think what happens with apomixis is that the cells reduce to form egg or pollen cells with half the normal gene compliment but then for some reason double and recombine to form a complete set of chromosomes homozygous for all traits and then somehow the cell get triggered into growth. I suspect it is rather uncommon in orchids (I think I just read 400 plant species) but we by preference flask green capsules of immature embryos and the chemicals/process we use may initiate the apomixtic development in some of the unfertilized eggs we sew. So maybe it is more common in captive bred orchids than in wild ones. A hybrid intergeneric orchid embryo could conceivably perform this natural magic, however what would the offspring look like? Maybe the parent and other apomitic siblings. (Is that right? Each egg contains unique genes and each pollen cell contains unique genes otherwise all bothers and sisters would look the same anyway....) Over many generations of apomixes the natural variability from sexual reproduction is lost but a stable and successful surviving offspring organism is left to copy itself from generation to generation so over the long run each surviving line would look like clones of the parent. Speculation only... Shut up Al. "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. Sometimes plants self fertilize. There's a fancy word for this. Just the interference with the reproductory organs makes a pod set which turns out to be a selfing rather than a cross. I always thought this would turn out a false pregnancy, ie a pod filled with chaff. But a friend of mine had this happen a couple of times to a few of his crosses. Now don't quote me. I'm only barely remembering this and (as usual) I'm probably wrong or off base. Someone will fill us in on the right term for this and set me straight. K Barrett |
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
Thanks, Al, and that certainly makes sense and could explain the weird
combination of characteristics found here. Thanks again Gary "al" wrote in message news:s8vyh.3258$6P4.1490@trnddc06... "apomixis" is the word I think you are looking for, K Barrett. It is asexual reproduction from unfertilized egg or pollen cells. Some species of plants do it as a natural alternative to sexual reproduction; forming a natural clone of the parent plant. It must have some evolutionary advantage just not as strong an advantage as sexual reproduction...or there would be more of it. I have heard it said that zygopetulums may do this. http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/full/13/7/1491 It is NOT the same thing as self fertilizing where the pollen from a plant fertilizes the egg from the same plant. I think what happens with apomixis is that the cells reduce to form egg or pollen cells with half the normal gene compliment but then for some reason double and recombine to form a complete set of chromosomes homozygous for all traits and then somehow the cell get triggered into growth. I suspect it is rather uncommon in orchids (I think I just read 400 plant species) but we by preference flask green capsules of immature embryos and the chemicals/process we use may initiate the apomixtic development in some of the unfertilized eggs we sew. So maybe it is more common in captive bred orchids than in wild ones. A hybrid intergeneric orchid embryo could conceivably perform this natural magic, however what would the offspring look like? Maybe the parent and other apomitic siblings. (Is that right? Each egg contains unique genes and each pollen cell contains unique genes otherwise all bothers and sisters would look the same anyway....) Over many generations of apomixes the natural variability from sexual reproduction is lost but a stable and successful surviving offspring organism is left to copy itself from generation to generation so over the long run each surviving line would look like clones of the parent. Speculation only... Shut up Al. "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. Sometimes plants self fertilize. There's a fancy word for this. Just the interference with the reproductory organs makes a pod set which turns out to be a selfing rather than a cross. I always thought this would turn out a false pregnancy, ie a pod filled with chaff. But a friend of mine had this happen a couple of times to a few of his crosses. Now don't quote me. I'm only barely remembering this and (as usual) I'm probably wrong or off base. Someone will fill us in on the right term for this and set me straight. K Barrett |
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Ascf Media Arnold 'Crimson Glow' X Neofinetia falcata
Yes! Apomixis is the term I was looking for. Thanks Al. And thanks for
your thoughts. I always took this sort of thing as further evidence that orchids arose from the DNA found in meteorites from Mars that landed (conveniently) in the Amazon Basin, bending lower life forms to their will until certain Euopean landed gentry (etiolated by years of aristocratic inbreeding) came under their spell and from whence they took over the earth. Verrrry clever! In looking at the cross, however, I don't think this could be a case of apomixis becasue the Neo falcata is the pollen parent, (right?) and if 'virgin birth' happened here it would have had to have happened in the pod parent... the Meda Arnold. Unless the cross was written wrong on Gary's tag to begin with. (Poorthing would really be a crazy mixed up kid then, wouldn't it?) More likely its an error in record keeping on the part of the hybridizer, a mistake with the toothpick, or just another example of genetic segregation tending more towards one parent than the other.... odd that very little of Meda Arnold came thru, still.... K Barrett, signing off. "V_coerulea" wrote in message ... Thanks, Al, and that certainly makes sense and could explain the weird combination of characteristics found here. Thanks again Gary "al" wrote in message news:s8vyh.3258$6P4.1490@trnddc06... "apomixis" is the word I think you are looking for, K Barrett. It is asexual reproduction from unfertilized egg or pollen cells. Some species of plants do it as a natural alternative to sexual reproduction; forming a natural clone of the parent plant. It must have some evolutionary advantage just not as strong an advantage as sexual reproduction...or there would be more of it. I have heard it said that zygopetulums may do this. http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/full/13/7/1491 It is NOT the same thing as self fertilizing where the pollen from a plant fertilizes the egg from the same plant. I think what happens with apomixis is that the cells reduce to form egg or pollen cells with half the normal gene compliment but then for some reason double and recombine to form a complete set of chromosomes homozygous for all traits and then somehow the cell get triggered into growth. I suspect it is rather uncommon in orchids (I think I just read 400 plant species) but we by preference flask green capsules of immature embryos and the chemicals/process we use may initiate the apomixtic development in some of the unfertilized eggs we sew. So maybe it is more common in captive bred orchids than in wild ones. A hybrid intergeneric orchid embryo could conceivably perform this natural magic, however what would the offspring look like? Maybe the parent and other apomitic siblings. (Is that right? Each egg contains unique genes and each pollen cell contains unique genes otherwise all bothers and sisters would look the same anyway....) Over many generations of apomixes the natural variability from sexual reproduction is lost but a stable and successful surviving offspring organism is left to copy itself from generation to generation so over the long run each surviving line would look like clones of the parent. Speculation only... Shut up Al. "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. Sometimes plants self fertilize. There's a fancy word for this. Just the interference with the reproductory organs makes a pod set which turns out to be a selfing rather than a cross. I always thought this would turn out a false pregnancy, ie a pod filled with chaff. But a friend of mine had this happen a couple of times to a few of his crosses. Now don't quote me. I'm only barely remembering this and (as usual) I'm probably wrong or off base. Someone will fill us in on the right term for this and set me straight. K Barrett |
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