Date: 28 Nov 1997 15:06:12 +0100 From: Loyd Wix <Loyd.Wix@unilever.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4536$foo@default> Subject: Variety
Dear Niels,
you wrote:
>I have noticed that within the Sarracenia genus there is a
>long list of different forms within the same species. Phil
>Wilsons long list of seeds from different Sarracenia forms
>that was posted to this list recently, illustrates that
>point. Is the Sarracenia genus special in this way?
yes and no 8-)
Yes - there are allot of Sarracenia (i.e. numbers of clones)
in cultivation by comparison with other CPs. (So in this
respect the Sarracenia genus is somewhat special)
No - There are some other CP species, P.moranensis being a
good example where a great many clones of this very variable
species are in cultivation. Many plants (including CP)
exhibit considerable variability though some more so than
others. Our native European Pinguicula can show considerable
variability, I have seen P.corsica with flowers which range
in colour from white, lilac, rose, mauve to purple,
P.leptoceras with a range of flower sizes, and considerable
variability in white patterning from nearly all white plants
to almost totally violet plants with intermediate forms. By
comparison with Sarras, there is less interest in these
plants, few people grow these species and thus few plants
are in circulation.
Regards
Loyd
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