Re: Line breeding vs hybridization

From: "Ron Iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2001.06.22 at 16:00:28(6830) Mawnin' too Neil, Trul...Thank you. Being fatigued is no excuse for expressing passions with inadequate colour about principles one considers important. I will try to write more gently & even in green & white.... So, chaps & chappesses, if you took anything as hurtful or offensive, I am sorry, it was not mean't...As I have effused so often, you are a rare group of very benevolent and caring people and friends with thankfully a huge variety of interesrts & perspectives. It has been great to be allowed into this group of so many people colourfully sharing widely different feelings & thoughts so helpfully. It is to me a rare & rich dialogue. And it is encouraging to see three positive principles or more being thrown again into the arena. First, enhancing respect for species & origin integrity & their continued survival. Secondly, encouraging pedigrees of advanced hybrids to be documented. Thirdly, and a related profundity, that Man is a Custodian of the heritage of biodiversity and that the new "cultodiversity" should build harmoniously and responsibly on the old. I will continue my contributions to the continuing jousts with as much jest as possible. Lastly, again thank you for your efforts and enthusiasms as News Editor. In the past seven or so weeks even with the wonderful support & kindness of the "News Team" I have realised what a challenge & onorous task the job was and is. Best Wishes Ron +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 6:21 AM Subject: Re: Line breeding vs hybridization | Ron, It is rare that I have read such furious defense of the keeping of | "pure" species and such an aversion to hybridization. I personally am a | species collector because I enjoy the beauty of what I am attracted to. But, | beyond the taxonomists' obvious frustration with hybridizers, I see no | reason to viscously attack those who wish to hybridize. Your point of view | seems to exclude and put "outside of Nature" humans. I can think of no | scenario that excludes humans from nature. We and what we do are intricatly | and inextricably a part of Nature. NO matter how "obscene" you think people | are. | | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like Anthurium but find Spaths | rather banal. I find Amorph. and Dracontium beautiful but know that the | population at large would find them ugly. The plants we enjoy are enjoyed | because of a VISUAL beauty we find in them. | | I have heard many taxonomists , who mostly deal with "ornamental" or | collector species (particularly aroids, bromeliads, orchids, etc.), that | speak of the particular "beauty" over this or that species. In ornamentals | people hybridize to try to find more "beauty" in what they grow. This is | there opinion. It is no less valid than yours. To belittle and accuse people | of doing some sort of irreparable harm is unfair and very narrow in vision. | | The big bang brought us in and a singularity may take us out.......so enjoy | ......and let others enjoy. | | Maybe you all are just kidding | | Neil | | |

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