Re: in vitro

Carl Gustafson (Carl.Gustafson@cbis.ece.drexel.edu)
Tue, 9 Nov 93 08:03:47 EST

>Carl, you wrote:
>>a karmic benefit that accrues to certain members of this list who freely
>>distribute seeds from their own collections) to participating in
>dissemination,
>>either via seed or in-vitro cultures.
>
>For my part, it is not quite that (karmic benefit). Indeed, it is an indirect
>form of egoism. Because, if I know of several people who have taxon X
>(because I have distributed taxon X to them), I do not need these
> several backup clones to be sure not to lose taxon X by an infection
>or other incidents. All I need to do is to call one of the people I have
>distributed that taxon to, and a few days later I have it, again.
>Kind regards
>Jan

Jan,

I do that with my favorite orchids... friends get divisions, so that I
don't loose an old, green, friend through inadvertence. This differs
slightly from distributing seeds, since seeds (even selfings) are not
identical copies of the parents.

Regards,
Carl Gustafson

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