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Post by billw on Nov 3, 2016 23:26:47 GMT -5
Does anyone know of a North American source for this plant? I've been searching for it for several years with no luck.
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Post by toad on Nov 10, 2016 13:44:57 GMT -5
Or a european source?
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Post by MikeH on Nov 10, 2016 15:55:29 GMT -5
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Post by billw on Nov 10, 2016 22:01:33 GMT -5
The rareplants site indicated that they can ship to the USA, so I gave it a shot. Thanks!
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Post by nicollas on Nov 11, 2016 10:56:15 GMT -5
Omg thats expensive
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Post by billw on Nov 11, 2016 12:27:06 GMT -5
Yep. I'm pretty sure that is the most I have ever spent on a tuber, but it will be worth it if I can get it to hybridize with A. americana or A. priceana.
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Post by steev on Nov 11, 2016 12:40:38 GMT -5
Can't count the cost when you're hot to breed. First dates can be spendy.
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Post by billw on Nov 11, 2016 12:57:21 GMT -5
Ha! Exactly.
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Post by nicollas on Nov 11, 2016 14:09:35 GMT -5
Yeah i know that feeling
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Post by blueadzuki on Nov 11, 2016 19:29:28 GMT -5
Its' even more when you consider the fact that, if the description is accurate, unlike A. americana, A. fortunei is NOT increasible via tubers (I assume that the tubers will grow, or they couldn't sell them in the first place, so I have to assume that that means that the plant won't make additional tubers). In other words, if you don't get seed (and it sounds like that is not an absolute guarantee) you can't get more plants (and might not even have the one you started with, if flowering exhausts the tuber). So before going in I'd make sure that this is 1. Self compatible (so you know you can get away with one) 2. Self pollinating (if it isn't you better make sure there is some insect around that will work, or you are ready to hand pollinate (and those flowers look a little abnormal morphologically) And if you DO try and cross it, make sure that you use a DIPLOID Americana; it sounds like keeping this thing making seeds is essential
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Post by billw on Nov 11, 2016 19:50:23 GMT -5
The tuber is perennial, so it isn't an emergency. If it takes a few years to set seed, no big deal. Otherwise, Apios propagates just fine by cuttings, so as long as the tuber sprouts, I can make more plants.
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