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Dr. uarewotueat said:


@ paradis: see what i mean about nothing being clear!

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Dr. uarewotueat said:
it is all speculation based on opinion man.
nothing is at all clear about this genus of plants.
there is much variation within members of the same species.
and the natural habitat of some of the species from the genus overlap meaning that there are natural hybrids.

add to that the mislabelling that goes on by collectors (what looks like one species to one person may look like a different species to another person) and the sale of hybrid seed that originated within private collections under a single species name and you have loads of confusion.

really it is all guess work on the half M_S_Smith based on what he see's within his own extensive collection of plants.
of course he is one of the people we should all be listening to as the debate about classifying these plants continues.
that doesn't mean that he knows everything though, and states that himself in alot of his writings on the subject.

personally speaking: i gave up labelling and trying to id my trichs a while back, i'm more than happy to see variation in my own collection.

that said, there are a few that can be easily pinned down to certain clones or species based on the current general consensus.

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