Hi everyone, I received this email inquiry from a student in Singapore about the possibility of multi-petaled orchids. My botany skills are not strong enough to compose a cogent and informed reply, so I am hoping someone out in OGD land would be willing to assist this student.
The student's name and email address are at the end. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org Forwarded message: Dear Sir/Madam I am impressed and is very facinated by your website about orchids. I am currently studying in the National Institute of Education (Singapore). I have a question and would really appreciate if you could help me answer it in detail because I need it for my Genetics report. My question: As we all know, there are multi-petals flowers everywhere e.g rose. They exist either in wild type or through mutations. However, to date, we cannot find any multi-petal orchids. Why orchids cannot have multi-petals? Is it possible to clone a multi-petal orchids? Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks Doreen Sin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 3/21/2005 _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com