>From: Danna Spayde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [OGD] Offspring and Progeny
> >I recently received my newsletter from the Slipper Orchid Alliance, and it >had a long article on phrag species. It listed - among other things - the >number of offspring and progeny of each plant. I had always thought that >offspring and progeny were the same thing, but the listings would sometimes >be different numbers. For instance, Phrag hirtzii was listed with 2 offspring >and 4 progeny; another one was listed with 13 offspring and 27 progeny. The >author notes "After each entry I list . . . the number of offspring as well >as progeny (which includes the offspring!) produced by that entry. Note that >the number of progeny is always at least equal to the number of offspring >and that these two numbers are equal if the number of progeny is 0 or 1." > > Would someone please clarify the difference for me? Dear Danna: progeny = the descendants of a person, animal, or plant form offspring = a child or children from particular parents (fide Longman, Dictionary of English Language and Culture) Apparently the editor of the slipper orchid alliance restricts the term "offspring" to the F1 generation ... and of course, the number of progeny would be at least equal to the number of offspring because offspring = progeny at the f1 level. Guido Prof. Dr. Guido J. Braem _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
