Hybrid explanation

Dogrem

Carnivorous Plant Addict
Hi all,

I would like to know 2 things:
For example in Ventricosa x Hamata, does the first indicate the female or the male?

And is there a 'visible' difference between a Hamata x Ventricosa and a Ventricosa x Hamata?
Or it's just the same like for colors (yellow + red, or red + yellow will still make orange)?

Thanks!
 
Hi Remy, there's variability within the same seed pods, each plant from a different seed is unique!
 
2) It's hard to say since there isn't enough research being done on Nepenthes traits. My field of education isn't in plant genetics but in humans, there are genes that are linked to either the X or Y chromosome. Perhaps the gender of the plant may have something to do with what alleles it may pass on. There are so many factors that influence the phenotype (visual appearance) of a plant that it's really hard to explain the entire picture in a few sentences. For instance, there could be many different modes of inheritance, the one you mentioned above is incomplete dominance, meaning that the two traits "mix" however other forms of inheritance such as codominance will show both traits at once (half red, half yellow).
 
yes the mothers name is all was first , as far as plants from seed goes , you will always get some slight variation in size colour gen make up ect ect , because of the pollination of the plants often getting a slight mix of pollens or pollinators multi pollinating at the same time like ants are a great example where you will find 1 to 100 or more ant's on a nep flower spike feeding on the nectar dew on the petals when receptive , having come from the male flower close or some distance away , bees flies and mothers all so visit , nep flowers dont shut off quickly like heliamphora or some other receptors and can get the extra pollen in it seems , but variation can come from the stronger plant being more dominate as well ,feel that is where the most variation would come from
 
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