| Cloning allows you to get as close of a copy of a "special" plant as you can since growing one by seed allows for variations based on genetics of the parents. Hybridizing can help over come, from my limited understanding, difficulties from certain species. Such as difficult to flower species, disease resistance (look at what they do for our food...ex corn), flower count..... The purpose of a hybrid would be to make something more hardy then the parents and for some, to create something special (color, flower count, flower size... yada yada yada). Clones shouldnt be any different then the original that was cloned since its the same plant, genetically speaking. |