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
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From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of James Waddick
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:59 AM
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Pinellia Polly Spout
> Pinellia 'Polly Spout' (P. tripartita x P. pedatisecta), ... and P.
>cordata. ...are identical to the original clone except for their size,
>which is uniformly 50% large than the parent...quite unexpected.
Dear Tony,
This is quite interesting. Are these larger Polly sterile, also?
I suppose it is possible that the introduction of pollen from P. cordata influenced chromosome replication somewhere along the line and these larger "hybrids" may be triploid or tetraploid. If the latter they might have increased fertility.
And it will be interesting to see if Polly and the new larger Polly that are now growing together can cross breed. Is a fertile 'Super Polly' in the future.?
Derek if you are in the market for smaller Pinellia I can recommend both P. cordata and P. peltatum. Both very attractive smaller less aggressive species.
Best Jim W.
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Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Ph. 816-746-1949
Zone 5 Record low -23F
Summer 100F +
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