Ponderings...cold storage of meristems?

[PainterArt]

Well, I take my opportunities where I can and species conservation and what the AOS is doing is not that far removed.
The AOS has a way to go before it consider cryogenics of awarded hybrids and species meristems. They still have to find out what live plants exist of awarded hybrids and species before they could get the meristems. There is no short cut over a live plant collection to start with. Is cryogenics a possible part of the future conservation of awarded hybrids and species? Yes. But it is far down the road. Besides if you only have cryogenic meristems and pictures, you may as well have only pictures if you don't turn those meristems into live plants from time to time.