tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post9045117411568659226..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty picture: Phragmipedium Sorcerer's Apprenticemr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-50758075228981746022016-02-01T08:13:22.396-08:002016-02-01T08:13:22.396-08:00NYC is spot on. Only clones can be expected to lo...NYC is spot on. Only clones can be expected to look alike -- and even then, as he pointed out, mutations can occurPaulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-8973856728873122852016-02-01T05:01:09.886-08:002016-02-01T05:01:09.886-08:00I always thought that orchids only get official cl...I always thought that orchids only get official clone name if they get awarded... Anyway, here is one with green/brownish colors that is <br /><a href="http://www.orchideya.ca/Phragmipedium/S/Sorcerer-s-Apprentice-id%3d6ea36c3c-eae1-41b5-b420-42e878d89b31" rel="nofollow">Phrag. Sorcerer's Apprentice</a> too.orchideyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07244040530556082402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-64010825519152306332016-01-31T08:00:12.526-08:002016-01-31T08:00:12.526-08:00nycguy:
Ah. Well, yes, that would explain it.
I ...nycguy:<br /><br />Ah. Well, yes, that would explain it.<br /><br />I guess I'd been operating under the unconscious assumption that if no clonal name was specified, it meant that no clonal name was needed (because all seedlings of that cross looked so similar that there was no need to distinguish them from one another). So now I feel stupid. mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70486044388527928472016-01-31T07:54:14.595-08:002016-01-31T07:54:14.595-08:00As you know, seedlings of the same cross can turn ...As you know, seedlings of the same cross can turn out differently. That's true of your Schlumbergeras, and even more so of orchids.<br /><br />You can only expect plants with the same clonal name as well as the hybrid name to look exactly alike (and even then, the methods of artifical propagation can induce mutation).<br /><br />So it's very possible that these two plants are both Phrag. nycguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799769428539687855noreply@blogger.com