http://rosebayblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/mindys-love-is-diploid.html

H: Monday, December 20, 2010

'Mindy’s Love' is a Diploid

Rhododendron 'Mindy’s Love', which is a Jim Barlup hybrid documented as 'Nancy Evans' x 'Lionel's Triumph', has been determined to be a diploid using flow cytometry by

Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, José Cerca, and Mariana Castro
Plant Ecology and Evolution Group,
Centre for Functional Ecology,
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Summary of Ploidy Levels

Diploid 'Anna',
Diploid 'Hotei',
Diploid 'Lem's Cameo',
Diploid 'Mindy’s Love',
Diploid 'Nancy Evans',
Diploid 'Norman Gill',
Diploid 'The Honorable Jean Marie de Montague'

Source: Whitney Nursery

John and Sally Perkins
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