Do you see this in lilies?? I had a talk to biologist at the ministry of natural resources and forestry yesterday and I have this occurring in a few of my peony plants but he did say that it is a result of the not solid genes.....and the plant tries to go back to its original state........and does not like to get tampered with it all. You can see in all kinds of plants and he said all types of trees and even some bulbs...
I was reading somewhere yesterday on the net that this can happen in some of the lily crosses that the one gene is stronger and the new little seeds can pick up on this stronger gene and therefore look far more like a lily in the background especially in the hybrid types..... and also in ones that you cross pollinate on your own. I guess that is why you can have so many different looking lilies in a cross.....
I also read they are trying to make the genes stronger in the casa blanca lily and others in tissue culture ......
kinda of a discussion that really interests me but way over my head..... I thought someone on here could shed some info on this in easy to understand terms.....
I also would not like to know and need to know this asap. How does one clone a tree?? I know you can do this with lilies but that would mean scaling the bulb right? I have a tulip tree that is growing out of zone here and they want to start some new ones asap since it is a species to this area just does not normally survive. it has a big maple tree near it and it might be causing a micro climate they are not sure to help it survive for 85 years already............ there are tons of blooms this year coming in the next week and that will mean tons of seeds in the seed pods..... Unless there is some ideas on methods of propagation that you might know of.......
you would think that if you could just plant seeds in a pot and leave it out for the winter .....they might come up in the springtime he said although not sure.......about that.... that is would have done this on its own through nature but no other tulip trees around and some of the seeds in the pod will be viable for sure.....
appreciate your help In these topics.......... A lot of focus in one the tulip tree at the moment......I have 100 gardeners plus coming to see this tree a week Monday night so want to get the lilies looking good too. the new beds came so I can set the pots into the beds but not plant them until they are done blooming just will look better this way.....
