This is a question that I asked Gretchen so I will post it here for other "wondering minds". Remember our post about brugs with 2 colors. She said that Hetty Krause, Dr. Seuss and Rapture are the same thing. So I asked her why the American Brug & Datura Society had them listed with 3 different names and photos.
She replied to my email that they are indeed genetically identical. With a link -that if I was more computer savy I could put here :)
Of course, I believe you Gretchen, there was never any doubt of that. But why give plants different names if they are the same thing? I still dont completely get that :)
charlotte
why brugs have the same name
That I can't answer. I guess three different people had the same brug and each named it, before there were stricter guidelines for naming them...
Here's the link:
http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/brugmansia_dr_seuss.htm
To put in a link, Charlotte:
Highlight the web address by right-clicking, on the drop down menu choose copy. In the body of your post, right click again and hit paste.
i believe the 3 names are sequential not simultaneous
starting with Hetty Krause whom i believe found the brug then changed to Dr Suess
it was never really officially called Rapture
but my memory could be faulty
i just read the explanation at ABADs & i got it close :-)
Dick
This message was edited Mar 1, 2005 1:21 AM
That's a coincidence. A while back, Kyle posted some notes on different brugs. I was looking at a printout of it this morning. I'll see if I can find the post, but according to Kyle, Hetty Krauss (H) collected a natural hybrid in Pasto Colombia in the mid 70's and named it 'Hetty Krauss'. In the mid 80s, (don't know why), it was re-named 'Dr Seuss' by Dale Kolaczkowski.
Don't know about Rapture.