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Subject: Re: Arisaema fargesii x heterophyllum
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Absolutely, and for some reason, I'd expect this in arisaema, but can"t t=ell
you why. Maybe it's just my wish.




----- Original Message -----
From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields at INDY.NET>
To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: Arisaema fargesii x heterophyllum


> Another thing about hybrids -- sometimes you get synergy in cold
> hardiness.  I've no experience with Arisaema hybrids, but other plant
> genera sometimes show this.  It would be very interesting to eventually
> test Arisaema hybrids for enhanced vigors and hardiness.
>
> Jim Shields
> in central Indiana (USA)
>
>
> At 12:53 PM 5/23/2007 -0500, Adam wrote:
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Avent" <tony at PLANTDELIGHTS.COM=>
>>To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:50 AM
>>Subject: Re: Arisaema fargesii x heterophyllum
>>
>>
>>>Adam:
>>>
>>>The leaves are perfectly intermediate and the inflorescence has the fo=rm
>>>of A. heterophyllum, and the height and coloration of A. fargesii.  Th=e
>>>three seedlings vary by 4 weeks in emergence dates.
>>
>>The variation in emergence time is interesting and, for me, unexpected,
>>because this feature is not quite "intermediate"  although it may be if
>>the parents were somwhat separated in emergence dates.   So
>>"intermediate"might not be an arithmetic average, but scattered along a
>>continuum.  The plant decides, not us.
>
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