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James R. Fisher (Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:21:21 PST)
J.E. Shields wrote:
Jim McK.,
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2. Species are human conceptual constructs too, by and large. Those
obvious species, easily perceived, are not the problems of course.
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population" which confuses the devil out of things where plants are
concerned. The orchids present an obvious case in point, with myriads
of complex, multiply (adverb of "multiple") intergeneric hybrids made in
cultivation. Remember: where species are concerned, cultivation does
not count! I like the approach that starts with a species as an
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Last time I checked, orchid breeders had got the number of natural
genera contained in one hybrid up to eight. That was 4-5 years ago,
so it might be 9 or 10 by now...
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Jim Shields (a.k.a. Jim S; i.e., not Jim W and not Jim McK)
in central Indiana (USA)
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-jrf ( or Jim F)...
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Jim Fisher
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