Wow...
I'm getting overwhelmed....
but I'm loving it....
gets the little gray cells working again....
thank you, thank you, thank you.
Ok,
Dan, I think I maybe wasn't clear in what I was trying to say. The Tasmanian bush just happened to have the characteristics to enable itself to clone itself. After 46,000 years, it had not lost the ability to survive. The fact that it is a triploid may have something to do with that, I don't know.
I do tend to equate survival with vigor, but as I think on it more, they don't necessarily have to go hand in hand.
Playing my own devil's advocate, I will say that, just because it survived that long does not mean that DNA degradation or mutations have not taken place. Just not in the areas that allow the bush to survive.
As far as canna goes, I would like to think that as an individual became more experienced, there would be no more disease and pestilence to deal with (I mean for the indoor grower). Maybe that is too idealistic. When growing outside, the real Mother Nature takes care of most things. The best an indoor grower can do is to mimic her, and she's a hard act to follow.
And yep, if you can grow apples, you can grow oranges.
Dan, you have so much grow knowledge. I just love talking to you.