Pete - So, if I had a VdB cutting or 3 from you that had rooted, it would say "VdB - Bullet08". But it could/should also say "VdB - Bullet08/gene/paradise"?
I'm gonna need bigger labels :). I can understand the need and desire to trave lineage, but its gonna get difficult. At least it makes sense though.
Joanne - that's what I understand too. That any plant grown from seed would be a brand new specimen due to the shuffling of DNA from pollen and ovum.
But all plants created through asexual reproduction (runners, division, cuttings) should be genetically identical...therefore I guess your scenario would be right. All BM or VdB or even Brown Turkey, should be essentially THE same plant as the original (genetically).
Which is pretty cool, as figs are some of the oldest cultivated plants in human history. And good cuttings would be passed around (as they are now) because growing from seed is difficult and unpredictable, someone could be unknowingly growing the same plant as a someone a few thousand years ago potentially?
