If the shredded white form is recessive and the Culebra form is recessive as well...what occurs when you cross the two? Or, is it simply a matter of gene placement? Similarly, if one introduces a double pink into the mix...does one get impartial gene dominance or an incomplete mixing?
Culebra x Shredded white?
Sounds like a question for brugman... usually two recessives will dominant in humans, like blue eyes, right? the 3 blooms i attempted to pollinate fell off today, one while i was only lookinig at it. good to know how to do it early, thank you very kindly.
and what would you cross your hybrid versi light peachy color, like mine with????
thanks brugman.
Sorry Arlene to hear that 3 of your blooms fell off today. I know how careful you are and how you baby your little ones. I'm sure they didn't mean to hurt your feelings. Maybe next time, better results.
/Regards Annie
Yes, but two recessives...can also be co-dominant when mixed and create a new phenotype or physical manifestation of old genes. I forget all the technical words, but basicly, it goes something like this...one can have both traits showing up independently or blending together to form a new trait. Ie, yellow with peach stripes instead of orange, or instead of shredded something inbetween shredded and a Culebra's oddity. Of course, if they came out as regular looking flowers one could conclude that it was where the genes were placed and not so much the genes being dominant or recessive.
Brugman, in rabbits (I used to show them) if you breed a satin (recessive) to a rex (also recessive) you get plain fur.Also there is something called the "dwarfing gene" it is dominant. This one is odd in that a combination of two dominant dwarfing genes results in something called a "peanut" that always dies. It is a fatal gene when there are a pair of them. In my chinchillas, there is something called a 'fatal gene" attached when you breed two recessive colors to each other.
Calalily,
Well, it is clear that you are well versed in why I might want to make these crosses myself. Heck, anyone would. New unthought of combinations could arise...short of doubling chromosomes...I think thats a way to go...not only that, but its a way to find out a bit more about the genes inherent in Brugmansia.
Brugman, I think you might get something really different. How they look will also depend on the polygenes and the loci of them. You might get several different ones. I say go for it.