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I didn’t read some of the last few post, so I apologize for mine. I agree it is way off subject and unnecessary. [ 06-15-2005, 12:55 PM: Message edited by: Bumbus ]
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Here's a worthy post. I actually did not know what a date palm tree looked like, and so found this website that has a picture of one of today's breed. I guess "Methuselah" will appear similar to this one.
http://www.dipbot.unict.it/Palms/descr02.html Here is a pic with a guy hanging from the tree, which I just included for humor. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4086348.stm [ 06-15-2005, 01:13 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]
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Let's just leave off the grammar and maturity topics for some other thread. If you don't like someone's opinion, discuss your disagreement with the opinion, don't toss names at them.
Ok, how about talking about extinct and ressurected species of trees/plants etc. I for one, think it's rather interesting that they found this specimen and may bring it back for study. Learning new things about date palms and or the properties of this particular one, maybe even get clues to how and why it died off in the first place, who knows? It's fascinating stuff!
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right, so do we start the betting pool now? is the tree male or female? (if the tree is male then barring another miracle sprout it's merely delayed the end of the species)
I got 5 posts that say it's female. ps you can't pull down the tree's underpants to find out either [img]tongue.gif[/img] |
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Hmmm...good point. Unless it's one of the types of plants that self-pollinates (and I have NO clue if that is so) I wonder if they will have to use some sort of "cloning" type techniques to revive the species...
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Most plants are hermaphrodites. That does not necesarily mean that they can produce offspring by themselves as many species have compatibility genes to prevent inbreeding.
In this case we have to hope that 1) The plant does not have compatibility genes or 2) More seedlings can be produced The second option is clearly the optimum as it will give better genetical diversity and therefore more information for the scientists to work with. As I understand it is not the same species as the regular date palm, but merely related to it. As a cultivated plant it does not thrive in nature (as an analogy imagine corn growing in the woods - big seeds that cannot be dispersed and a high demand for nutrients. It would be doomed outside the field) and I suspect it went extinct when war upon war in the area disrupted cultivation for a prolonged period. It seems to grow well in ecotypes similar to the Middle East - a climate I imagine is not optimal for normal date palms. EDIT: Typo EDIT: Apparently Date trees are dioecious. That is a big problem for the project. New stock can be produced from cutting, but that is not a workable solution in the long run as they will be clones of the original. [ 06-15-2005, 02:17 PM: Message edited by: mad=dog ]
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