Ipheion 'Alberto Castillo'
Kelly Irvin (Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:32:45 PDT)
In the case of species, it could be redundant to include the extra
identifiers, unless the distributor has a concern that fertilization
could have occurred via other species or varieties, or viewed from a
different perspective, the distributor wishes to assure the recipient
s/he took measures to guarantee self-pollination.
To continue on this...
I thought I might explain, with an example, why I included the last
paragraph to this related post. In the past, when I have been able to
contribute Lycoris seed that are species, I still included "x OP",
because my beds were frequented by hawk moths (I think that's what they
were) and hummingbirds. Since I often had overlapping bloom from one
species to the next, I thought it best not to infer complete
self-pollination or population pollination.
Mr. Kelly M. Irvin
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