What is 4n, etc??!

[dendro king]

bought some plants over the years with 4n on the tag, and some of those plants were more expensive, eg a dendrobium fire wings (4n) was rarer and more expensive than the plain den. Fire wings. How can a plant of the same type have more chromosomes?? And does it make a difference to the plant/ flowers? Better? Worse?

Thanks all

[orchidsarefun]

this should help you

A Brief Look at Polyploidy

[dendro king]

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

this should help you

A Brief Look at Polyploidy

Thank you so much!!

[vjo]

You might also want to look at a thread in forum 'scientific matters' titled 'will someone explain' on 1-8-13...Jean