Re: [Aroid-l] aroid hybrid

From: Tony Avent <tony at plantdelights.com> on 2009.08.12 at 19:00:09(19707) Marek: The Code doesn't specify which parent comes first in the name of a bigeneric hybrid, but the standard in all breeding is to put the maternal parent first. Tony Avent +More Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least thre e times" - Avent Marek Argent wrote: > Hello, > > I think my suggestions are more elegant and easy to remember. > Anyway, I don't remember all the rules of intergeneric hybrid nomenclatur e, > Should the mother plant be first, does it matter? > In Orchidaceae there are names composed from 3 parent plants like > Brassolaeliocattleya, > and I don't know if it is important from which genus the seeds were > collected. > > Marek > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Avent" > To: "Discussion of aroids" > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] aroid hybrid > > > Aroiders: > > Thanks for the comments on our possible hybrid. As for juvenility, the > hybrid is over 4 years old...notice that it's already formed mature > offsets. > We also have a block of 6 year old Sauromatum from seed and none ever > produced multiple petioles. This plant popped up in our garden and was > not an intentional cross...wish I could take credit for the cross. It is > large enough to have been flowering for at least two years, but there are > no sign of any nearby seedlings and with such a wide cross, I would > anticipate sterility. It does not seem to flower through the summer as > does pinellia, so I'm assuming that it is a spring born flower...have > relocated it to a location where I won't miss it next year. Since the > cross was closest to the pinellia parent, I would assume the pinellia to > be the maternal parent, making it a x Pinelamatum. Now if we can make the > reciprocal cross, perhaps that could use x Sauronelia. > > >> Incredible! >> >> You've successfully made an intergeneric cross. >> Now let's think about the new genus name according to the botanical >> nomenclature. >> I suggest: >> × Sauronellia (if the genus Sauromatum will be back) or ×Typhonellia if >> venosum will stay in Typhonium. >> What do you think? >> >> Marek >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tony Avent" >> To: "Aroid - L group" >> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:44 PM >> Subject: [Aroid-l] aroid hybrid >> >> >> >>> Aroiders: >>> >>> Has anyone had experiences with Pinellia hybridizing with Sauromatum? >>> I know all my taxonomist friends are either reaching for a stiff drink >>> or headache medicine at the thought of such a hybrid. I'm not even sure >>> if this is even theoretically possible, but to be sure, we never let our >>> plants read genetics books. Take a look at our hybrid of Pinellia >>> pedatisecta and Sauromatum venosum. The height is 2' tall and, the >>> leaves are intermediate between the two parents. The plant produces >>> sauromatum like speckled petioles, but with many emerging per corm >>> (sauromatum only produces one each) like the pinellia parent. I missed >>> the flower this year, but will watch closer next year. I'd like to hear >>> your thoughts. http://www.plantdelights.com/gallery/Aroids >>> >>> -- >>> Tony Avent >>> Plant Delights Nursery @ >>> Juniper Level Botanic Garden >>> 9241 Sauls Road >>> Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA >>> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F >>> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F >>> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b >>> email tony@plantdelights.com >>> website http://www.plantdelights.com >>> phone 919 772-4794 >>> fax 919 772-4752 >>> "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >>> three times" - Avent >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aroid-L mailing list >>> Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >>> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aroid-L mailing list >> Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >> >> > > > Tony Avent > USDA Zone 7b, (0-10F winter, 90-100F Summer) > Plant Delights Nursery > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, NC 27603, USA > ph 919.772.4794 > fx 919.772.4752 > > "I consider every plant hardy until I've killed it myself...at least three > times." - Avent > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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