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keithp2012 said:If someone pollinated a pollen less Lily with pollen from another what are the chances the offspring will or will not have pollen?

magnolialover said:I would like to say am not sure Keith, but one of these days I should have offspring blooming that would give you an idea. I will also add, sometimes you can try to predict what you might get as offspring given two parents, with protected crosses, but many times there are surprises you don't expect. Being that I am not a geneticist, I have no concrete idea, only what I would be hopeful for, based on the parents.

Roosterlorn said:Yes, the real proof is in the pudding--the only 'real' way to find out is to try it and see what you get. But here's my little theory. All parts of a native Species flower have evolved over millions of years for a natural purpose in life. Each part has a single purpose to perform a function crucial to a plants natural life cycle from birth to death. I think of those essential parts as being generally dominant. Since pollen is essential to the normal process of reproduction, it would follow then, that it could and should be easily bred back in. The same for fragrance and so on. But life isn't always that easy. Today commercial hybrids are very complex and far removed from a first time cross to a Species, and, they are full of surprises!!!