Re: Amorpho titanum crosses!!!

From: magrysbo at shu.edu on 2001.06.22 at 05:23:38(6826) Eh? Lord P! (Do you really have that power?) Please accept my apologies if I offend you. I promise to keep my dirty hybridizer fingers away from your virginal stands of Amorphophallus's. Future generations of cultivated Amorpho titanum will mature faster, grow more quickly and more evenly, and be more amenable to artificial cultural conditions and less specialized to a narrow ecological niche than wild ones just because of artificial selection. The ones that bloom first and get their seeds distributed among aficionados may not resemble ones that bide their time and bloom at a larger size. Indeed, after several generations of this we may have titanum seed to flowering time significantly reduced by this process of selection. If it really bothers you, don't open my messages. BTW nice tubers you sent me. They're sprouting. I promise I won't mess with your children. +More ------- The Mad Hybridizer "Wilbert Hetterscheid" @mobot.org on 06/21/2001 12:02:59 PM Please respond to aroid-l@mobot.org Sent by: aroid-l@mobot.org To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L cc: Subject: Re: Amorpho titanum crosses!!! How about I ask the moderators to end your subscription......... Lord P., in defense of pure-bred Amorphs!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: woensdag 20 juni 2001 21:51 Subject: Amorpho titanum crosses!!! > how bout crossing it so that you get the long neck of gigas, the sheer size of titanum, and the strange colors and shape of paeoniifolius. > > In a message dated Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:18:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Wilbert Hetterscheid" writes: > > << Fainted does not even BEGIN to describe the sheer horror.......... > > Faintbert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Sent: woensdag 20 juni 2001 8:43 > Subject: Re: amorpho titanium pollen !!! > > > > > > In a message dated 19/6/01 11:10:48 pm, magrysbo@shu.edu writes: > > > > << Brian, You're making hybrids? Great. >> > > > > I have visions of an Amorph with the vigour, hardiness and ability to > divide > > of konjac and the size and dramatic structure of titanum; the mind > > boggles......I think Wilbert has just fainted at the thought...... > > > > Geoffrey Kibby > > London > > > > >> > > >

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