Is it possible for two different types of plants to mate and create a new type?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

When I read your question, the first plant that came to mind was the Heucherella, so I did a search and came up with an easy to understand explanation. Enjoy.

These are unusual bi-generic hybrids created by crossing Heuchera (Coral Bells) with Tiarella (Foam Flower) hence the name Heucherella. Most genera will not cross with another separate genus, as it can only happen when the two parents are genetically compatible. Hybrids like this are identified by proceeding the name by a multiplication sign (x Heucherella).

The first Heucherella hybrids to be introduced as garden plants came from the nursery of Lemoine at Nancy, France around 1912. It was Heuchera briziodes crossed with Tiarella cordifolia. The new plants inherited the best ornamental characteristics of each parent and they became known as X Heucherella tiarelloides.

The idea spread and more crosses followed, by using different species and combinations. The seedlings took on different characteristics, but they did not prove popular until Alan Bloom introduced x Heucherella alba ?Bridget Bloom? in 1958. The shell pink flowers (which last for a long time) and the good foliage made it a popular and lasting choice.

Breeding and selection continues today and several promising cultivars are likely to emerge in the next few years.

Answer 3

As a Family, orchids are notorious for breeding cross-species and even cross-genus. There are approx. 25,000 species of orchids, and well over 100,000 different hybrids.

There are some multi-generational hybrids with 4+ different genera (and probably over a dozen different species) in the background. Almost anybody who knows how to grow orchids and where to stick the toothpick to pollinate them (and which genera will cross- not all of them will cross with each other) can create a new hybrid- the hard part is not the crossing, it's germinating the seed...

Answer 4

Yes. A man in China came across a hybrid plant for rice that can pollenate twice the amount for double the crop. I saw it on a tv special with Alan Alda. When he came across the plant, he said he knew instantly what he had. "Chance favors the prepared mind."

Answer 5

Yes, it's called a hybrid. Look it up on the internet. I think there is all kind of special things you have to do to the plants. But, yes it can be done.

Answer 6

I don't think the plants mate. I think it's possibe to create a hybrid through genetic engineering.

Answer 7

no. Iftwo plants crossbred, they are the samespecies, just different variations. The only way it could happen otherwise is gene splicing done in a laboratory

Answer 8

Its pretty difficult for an amatour to do this, but grafting is yuor best choice. cross polination will only occur within the same species, and you need to be experienced to do this.

Answer 9

Yeah, that's how scientists create new plants.

Answer 10

plants don't mate... dumb-arss
but you can breed a new plant in a lab