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Originally Posted by Paphgirl
You know, to each their own, that's the bottom line if you ask me. And Neo - I actually think you may be more in the majority here! But I'd like to throw this one out there to you - how BRED have Neofinitias been? It is my understanding that breeding quality Neos is regarded as an art form, and until recently one reserved for the ultra elite in Japan.
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Heather,
I own both wild collected and "bred" versions of besseae. I prefer wild collected style besseae to the round petal look, but both are nice in their own way. If this is any indication of the type of "breeding improvements" we will see in kovachii in the coming years, I will be glad to just have the kovachii that is coming within the next year and leave the "improved" line bred offspring to people who want to show them.
I am not sure what Neo's have to do with kovachii, but I think you want to label me a hypocrite. Variegated Neo's are divisions of wild collected plants. There is only one type of variegated Neo that will produce variegated seedlings, and even then the offspring so closely resemble the parents that it is next to impossible to tell which is the seedling and which is the division. All other variegated types are divisions of age old plants, period. Other Neo's can be grown from seed, but are so far from being "bred" for changes, it is not even an issue. Neo's today look just like Neo's did hundreds of years ago. That is why some are so expensive, because they are divisions of mother plants which may be very rare. Jason Fischer is selling divisions of a plant that was collected in the 1800's if memory serves.
I was simply trying to express my opinion about kovachii, which happens to be exactly the opposite of alot of people. To each his own, usually means letting someone voice their opinion, even if it greatly differs from your own without trying to bait them.
By the way, sorry for the capitilization of kovachii in my previous post. Didn't know it urked you so much. I am not going to go back and edit out my improper caps in that first post though, because that would be wrong. I promise to do better.