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Originally Posted by jordankelemen
I just wanted to mention that NOID is not an impossible thing to fix. The majority of plants that end up at big box stores are from mass producers from Thailand as well as a large percent coming from SOGO.
You have to have a detail oriented eye and enough knowledge to notice small differences in the flower, you can ID NOIDs.
Now I will also say that I still won't ID a NOID
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I would have to say that it would be quite difficult to nearly impossible to tell some of the hybrids true identity. Not only does the flower slightly change depending on growing conditions, but when they are mass cloned, many slight mutations may arise, which can cause even more variations. I will say that it is possible in some occasions to be able to find out a source you can contact where you will be able to get a definite ID from the grower or distributor. While you might be able to find a picture of what looks very similar to a NoID you have, if you DO put that name as an ID for it, it is SOO important to mark or make notice that it is not definite. The reason is that if that undefinite tag gets left in the pot, and the plant switches homes and eventually finds its way into a breeder's hand, they might then unknowingly introduce a giant mess into their breeding plans, as it is possible that the plant they think they have and what it really is have different chromosome counts, which can really screw things up. Afterwards, any cross made with that plant then will most likely turn out to be a dead end and a waste of approximately seven years of their time if the result is an anueploid cross, which usually don't breed that well. Just because I can, I will use Sogo Gotris as an example, as the cross is definitely 3n. I'm sure there are dozens of crosses, both 2n and 4n, that look similar, but unless you know for sure what it is, you might be breeding dead end crosses.
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