Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 22:55:17 -0500 (EST) From: Derek Glidden <dglidden@illusionary.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3$foo@default> Subject: Cultivars and seeds
Jay Lechtman said:
> BTW, I learned this the hard way, when I was young(er) and foolish (at
> least moreso than I am today ... those who know me keep quiet <grin>). I
> was blithely growing D. x 'Marston Dragon' and D. x 'California Sunset'
> which I had been given as seedlings (as in from seeds, that is sexually
> propagated, which I've already said above is a no no.). On the advice of
> others older and wiser than me, I reluctantly destroyed the plants.
Errr, ummm, forgive me but I would seriously question the wisdom of those
who made that recommendation unless it's flat out illegal to propagate
cultivars by seed, even if you're not going to claim them as the original
cultivar. (I suppose there could be a law in this nutso world, though.)
This is only personal opinion, but, if I had any of the plants you
mentioned, or 'Akai Ryu' or that mythical non-existent 'Nepenthes
x One-in-a-million' N.aristolochioides x clipeata x bicalcarata x rajah
hybrid that set seed, and those seed sprouted into plants that were
aesthetically pleasing as the original plant, why shouldn't I continue to
grow them, as long as I don't try to claim they're the original cultivar?
(i.e. the 'Akai Ryu' becomes 'VFT all-red form'.)
I can understand the wisdom of that suggestion if you were to try to
resell those plants under the cultivar name, but if they're just going to
sit in your personal collection, seems to me, who cares as long as they
look nice?
I may be way off-base; there may actually be some kind of
non-cultivar-sexual-propagation law or something. If there is, someone
please straighten me out before I break it and start growing some
extra nice-looking plants for myself. :)
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