The Colors of Fritillaria

Robert Parks via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:35:27 PST
Good old human negative selection...same reason that rattlesnakes near
human populations tend to not rattle or even have rattles!

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 6:16 AM Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

> Hi Judy
> I saw this on the SRGC a week ago.
> Seems we, humans are playing a role in "Natural Selection".
> I wonder if you can call this evolution driven by the ability of the human
> eye to discern colors from a distance.
> Arnold90 miles north of you.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Glattstein via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
> Cc: Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com>
> Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 8:52 am
> Subject: [pbs] The Colors of Fritillaria
>
> An interesting article in today's NY Times about color variation in
> Fritillaria delavayi
>
>
> https://nytimes.com/2020/12/…
>
> which presumably arose because it is collected for traditional medicine.
> The yellow flowered ones are easy to notice and collect, those with dull
> colored flowers are less conspicuous.
>
> Judy in New Jersey where winter temperatures have decided that it is
> time for them. And snow flurries forecast for tomorrow morning.
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