Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 17:46:55 EDT From: JWi5770869@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2167$foo@default> Subject: white grandiflora-again!
Nigel Hurneyman wrote:
" Regarding the mapping, if I were an experienced nasty dig-up-from-the-wild
sort I could probably find the white P.g. in 2-3 days. Therefore not giving
the exact locality punishes the innocent rather than the guilty.
I would like to grow the white P.g. so perhaps I am biased but there seems
to be a strong case to bring it into cultivation, to preserve it genetically
in
case the population becomes non-sustainable for any reason, and to make
it commercially available to pre-empt the nasty dig-up-from-the-wild types. "
Regarding your first point,if you were a nasty dig-em-up-from-the-wild type
how would you know it was a white flowered grandiflora,if all the flowers have
finished,as they all have at the mo? (sorry, couldn't resist that one! -Grin
:).
Secondly, and more seriously, I TOTALLY agree with you on your second point.
When I was initially told about the existance of this plant, my source seemed
to think that it was only ONE plant that was white-flowered. My concern
(allayed a bit after recent postings to the list that suggest it isn't as rare
as I thought) was that the dig-em-up-from-the-wild types would indeed make a
bee-line for, and remove this plant.
However I've recently been informed that somebody DOES have this plant in
cultivation. God knows why they feel the need to hang onto it; selfishness?
greed? one-upmanship? Who knows? But ,I think, it is a sad state of
affairs,especially as the plant is as (seemingly) prolific as the 'normal'
grandiflora.
Perhaps I'm being unfair to the person in question,perhaps there IS a good
reason why it cannot be released yet (or at all), but it would be nice to be
informed of the reasons,even anonomously.
John ,slightly frustrated, Wilden
Southport UK.
"In an ideal world, Botrytis would only infect the cast of 'FRIENDS' "
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