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What Exactly IS Hybridizing?
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Posted by Myka 4a / 5a (My Page) on Sat, Nov 1, 03 at 1:47
| Is it as simple as pollinating one cultivar with another?
If I take the pollen of a Hibiscus syriacus 'Sky Blue' and cross it with H. syriacus 'Monstrosus', is this a hybrid? Or do I have to take H. syriacus and pollinate H. rosa-sinensis? OR are they both hybrids?
I don't think this is a small subject, but can someone please open the blinds for me (haha)?
Thanks!
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RE: What Exactly IS Hybridizing?
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| Sure, they're both hybrids. The first generation of any cross, even if the parents differ by only one gene, can technically be called a hybrid, but what hybridizers usually look for is the increased vigor and combinations of traits that come about from crosses of more dissimilar parents. |
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