Title: Vanilla.
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Andy,
for a guy that professes to know everything
that is just plain stupid. V. plainifolia and V. tahitiensis are two
COMPLETELY different species. Your Dr. Zettler needs to be corrected. And never
mind the anecdotes about the French stealing. That is just a crock of you -no
-what!
Wolfgang H. Bandisch
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Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:15
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Subject: [OGD] Vanilla.
Colin, I think you may be in error in your comments
about the two supposed species of Vanilla. I don't remember who told me but It
was was maybe Dr. Zettler who said that DNA analysis confirmed what many
suspected: Vanilla planifolia and Vanilla tahitiensis were one and the same.
He did viral work helping the French get the 100% virus infected stock in
Tahiti clean. In that the French stole the original stock of V. planifolia
from the Liverpool Botanic Gardens several hundred years ago and took it to
Reunion, if my memory serves me correctly, it is probably not too surprising
that they tried to juice up the pedigree of the plants in Tahiti!
Andy Easton
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