-yamaddox, I'm not the best at expressing myself (nor am I any expert in all this) so sorry if this explanation all comes out rather unclear... I think any plant that crosses with another will result in producing offspring that are "not true" to the parent cultivar it was harvested from. That is because it will have the genes of both the plant you collected it from and whatever the second plant was that it crossed with (pollen parent). It will sort of be a whole new "hybrid" plant. If a plant is grown in near (sometimes even far distances- think I read on the Growing Tomatoes forum that tomatoes can cross pollinate up to 1/4 mile away from each other) proximity to another of its kind there is a great probability cross-breeding will occur. Now if they are the same genus (like Papaver/poppy) but all different species (like Papaver orientale and Papaver somniferum and Papaver nudiccaule for instance) there will be a less likely chance of cross-breeding, although there are few species of plants out there that do have the ability of crossing with each other. You are spot on with the 'self pollinating' I believe. A plant pollinating itself should come true, unless it is a hybrid that simply WON'T produce true seed/dehybridizes. I've made a system on the database in case your seedlings look "off" and you think there might have been cross breeding going on (and not just look different because it dehybridizes). If you think crossing went on you can put three *** in front of the plant listing. Then anyone looking for that information knows to take the "Trueness" with an extra grain of salt because there was a chance the plant listed crossed and was not a 'pure' self pollination per se. And then if someone else has information on the same plant and KNOWS their plant didn't cross they can have the three *** removed. The definition of "comes true" is sort of a separate issue. I think "comes true" from seed means different things to different people. To many 'comes true from seed' means that all the offspring look exactly like the parent plant/parent cultivar and seedlings are genetically the same to it. My goals in seed starting are different than many I suppose. I don't care so much if the seed raised plant is genetically true to the parent plant. All I want in raising from seed is for the offspring look like the parent plant. That is sort of what I base 'trueness' on in my database, how similar all or some of the seedlings look to the parent cultivar. Hope that wasn't too confusing. I've been known to confuse myself at times so it probably was, lol! ;-) CMK

Thanks Dave. That's it. I must have been having a dyslexic moment. lol I only found one site that showed a plumie with that name. It was a very pretty pink/white/yellow flower. Hopefully it will look like that. I should know soon enough. Karyn

Do you still have cuttings? I have not seen Kafir lime in the stores to buy, so I would love a cutting! Please let me know. Thanks!

Who reloaded your replacement hard drive? I would go back to that person with this problem since it seems that something was omitted that should have been included.