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Frankenplant

Posted by flash14756 z6 ID (My Page) on
Mon, Dec 19, 05 at 12:02

Has anybody:
(A) made one
(B) heard about them
(C) have a pic to post

A frankenplant would be a hybrid between entirely diffrent,yet still related, species. A theoretical example would be a cross between a hoya and an asclepias(milkweed).


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RE: Frankenplant

There are plenty of them out there : almond X peach cross plum X peach ( nectarine is a variety of peach not a cross) , sand cherry X plum , apricot X peach , apricot X plum . in addition pears, quince , Asain pears and quince , apples , flowering crab apples , mountain ash can all crossbreed . squash x pumpkin x gourds all work .
All members of the cabbage family cross .


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RE: Frankenplant

Do some googling using 'interspecific cross' and 'intergeneric cross' (or something similar) to obtain some information. This sort of natural and human-made manipulation is well documented in agriculture, floriculture, agronomy, horticulture, and many other fields. One of the more famous ones in ornamental use is, of course, X Fatshedera lizei, a cross between Fatsia japonica and Hedera Helix.

After all, if it happens in the animal kingdom, why not plants?

Here is a link that might be useful: Fatshedera


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RE: Frankenplant

does anybody know about this happening in the family asclepiadaceae?


 
 

 

 


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