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Originally Posted by Roberta
While "species" itself can be a bit uncertain (natural hybrids do occur) in general, they follow the botanical definitions. Which can also be the subject of argument.
However, if there is agreement that a particular plant is a "species" and it is crossed with another member of the same species, it is still the species. But, of course there is plenty of natural variation, and some individuals may have aesthetic characteristics that are particularly pleasing to humans (such as flatter flowers, wider petals, etc.)
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Thanks Roberta! Super interesting topic! What gets me (due to my not enough understanding yet) ----- is the question of what's the mechanism behind two species parents producing offspring - where the offspring remain the same species (?). Or are the offspring of two 'species' parents actually hybrids? Hybrids with less variations in characteristics than other 'hybrids' (the ones we know) with much more variations in characterstics (?).
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