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A flower friend asked a question and said that now all kinds of goods on the market are not right, shoddy, and the variety is confused again. Let me talk about the differences between confusing varieties, such as orange Monroe and Snow Angel, perfume and new perfume, white night champagne and red champagne, destiny and peach eggs...
In fact, there are really many posts written by Wusha to identify varieties, but I still feel very powerless to say all about similar varieties.
Why is it powerless? Let me give you an example.
A while ago, there was a girl who didn't want to look for a job after graduating from college, wanted to open a succulent garden, and was introduced by a friend to study with me. It is said that people who want to open a succulent garden should have some understanding of meat and meat, but I found that she had difficulty in identifying the flesh of the flower moon night, and the flower moon night, Orion, Swift, and Wu Xian all became indistinguishable things in her eyes.
Many old flower friends have listened to this example I said, and may have said it very dismissively: what is the difficulty of this, these varieties are obviously different.
That's right.
For those of us who have been wrestling with all kinds of meat for many years, identifying these meats is indeed effortless. However, for novice flower friends, they are just a look, no matter how you explain, I just can't see it, what can you do?
Last year, there was a popular mobile phone game called the color discrimination test.
Mobile Game: Color Discrimination Test
The gameplay of this game is to find the one that is different from a whole bunch of the same colors. As the levels increase, the distinctive colors will become increasingly indistinguishable.
I can usually play this game until about 20 levels. But one of my art friends can easily play up to level 60. This is the effect of professional training, also known as narrow IQ. It refers to our ability to discern nuances in our area of expertise.
Therefore, unfamiliarity is the first obstacle to our variety identification. Why are new varieties more confusing? A big part of the reason is that we are not familiar with the new varieties and it is difficult to distinguish the subtle differences.
Moreover, it is not only flower lovers who are not familiar with it, but also the merchants who sell meat themselves. Many imported new meats, merchants are only a few days earlier than flower friends, and they are unable to identify themselves. Therefore, many new varieties are only sold by a name, as for what characteristics, sometimes the merchants do not actually know.
2 years ago, many flower lovers were obsessed with how to distinguish hibiscus snow lotus and orange Monroe. Now, everyone is starting to struggle with Orange Monroe and Snow Angel again. Why?
The reason is very simple, because orange Monroe was several times more expensive than hibiscus snow lotus, and now orange monroe and hibiscus snow lotus have a price, so it becomes meaningless to identify them. The price of the snow angel is now several times more expensive than the orange monroe, so it is more valuable to identify the snow angel from the orange monroe.
Let's first assume that there are differences in the flesh and flesh of these varieties, and interpret them genetically (the first thing written in the hybridization formula is the mother, that is, the one that beats the seed):
Hibiscus Snow Lotus = Corolla x Snow Lotus
Monroe = Snow Lotus x Corolla
Orange Monroe = Snow Lotus x Corolla
Snow Angel = Orange Monroe x Snow Lotus
According to the breeder, the Snow Angel is still fertile, that is, can continue to be used as a hybrid. So, it is likely that a new kind of meat will appear soon, and the hybridization formula is as follows:
New Snow Angel = Snow Angel x Snow Lotus ???
or
New Snow Angel = Orange Monroe x Snow Angel ???
……
The picture above is the effect of orange monroe, monroe, hibiscus snow lotus and snow angel mixed together. Dare to say that they can accurately identify these varieties of flower friends, most of them are bragging about it.
The key question, then, is not whether the varieties differ genetically or hybridly, but whether the breeder has clearly defined the characteristics and traits of a new breed.
Let's put it in the most popular way. When Orange Monroe and Hibiscus Snow Lotus were confused, the biggest problem was not the variety dispute at all, but no one could give a clear definition of the characteristics of Hibiscus Snow Lotus and Orange Monroe. As a result, all the excellent features such as short round leaves, orange-red color, thick powder, and leaf comparison package are attributed to Orange Monroe, so is orange Monroe not expensive?
As we learned more about Orange Monroe and Hibiscus Snow Lotus, we slowly understood. In fact, the appearance of their leaves and the shape of the lotus seat are not the core differences. The biggest difference between them is that orange Monroe is a thin powder variety, because of the thin powder, the sense of transparency is better, and the whole shows orange. The hibiscus snow lotus is a thick powder variety, due to the white powder cover, the overall appearance of white. This is the fundamental difference between these two varieties.
Top: Orange Monroe, Bottom: Hibiscus Snow Lotus
Now that we have figured out the difference between Orange Monroe and Hibiscus Snow Lotus, can we now understand the Snow Angel in the same way?
OK. Although there is no industry-wide standard for distinguishing between Snow Angel and Orange Monroe, we can try it with the routine of distinguishing Orange Monroe and Hibiscus Snow Lotus.
Snow Angel, in fact, was originally the Korean alias of Orange Monroe. So initially she was Orange Monroe herself. However, last year, a Korean breeder published the snow angel's hybridization formula.
From this formula, we can see that the breeder crossed orange Monroe with snow lotus again and got the new variety of snow angel.
What is the purpose of interbreeding with snow lotus again? Although the breeder himself did not say it, we can guess a rough idea. What are the characteristics of snow lotus relative to orange Monroe? One is thick powder, and the other is that the background color under the powder is whiter than the color of orange Monroe. If you cross orange Monroe and snow lotus again, will you get a variety with a white leaf background and a thicker powder?
Thus, after repeated selections, the Snow Angel was born.
Snow Angels
From this, we can define the snow angel in this way: the base color of the leaves is close to the base color of the snow lotus, and the overall color is whiter when it comes out of the state, which is the biggest feature that distinguishes the snow angel from the orange Monroe. It also conforms to the original meaning of the name Snow Angel.
Let's sum it up:
1, aside from the price problem, for the new varieties that cannot be distinguished, we must buy state strains. Varieties that can't even be identified by the state strain are all deceitful to you. If you take a picture of the state strain and sell the seedlings, it is even less trustworthy.
2, do not have too high expectations for the business, for the new variety, the merchant is just following the trend, polish their eyes to see.
3, the appearance of meat must be worthy of her name. For example, Snow Angel, if the merchant tells you that the Snow Angel is redder, you don't believe it, that's what the name Blood Angel should look like.
4, if you can find the public hybridization formula, you can interpret the purpose of breeders such hybrid breeding. For example, our analysis of the snow angel above.
5, of course, the most advanced advice, is to suggest that flower friends do not blindly follow the trend, it is best to wait and see. It takes at least 5 generations for a new breed to be bred, and 5 generations is an irresponsible statement for Woosha, and the responsible breeder will tell you that you need 8-10 generations of trait stabilization. Therefore, if a new variety that has just emerged is replaced the next year, it is mostly unreliable, because the breeder does not have enough time to stabilize the new variety.
Okay, that's it for today. The meat is there, it looks like that, and the names are all given to us. Whether or not you buy the meat is the right version, there is no fault for the meat.
Be kind to them.
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