Epilogue
- The author has been sharing these ideas and views on the Web for some time. The Internet now provides an ideal platform to write these ideas from the soul. Is he losing something? The opposite is the case. He can only win.
- On the one hand, scientific knowledge belongs to the public if these findings contribute to a better understanding of our world. But all persons should benefit from it. Now, this website has been called thousands of times. That speaks for the masses. The sheer volume, however, does not reflect their quality. The quality only shows up over time, if at all. By examining the published PP hypothesis, you should try to falsify the theory. Maybe the threads continue to turn in this direction. Suppose a scientifically thinking person feels addressed by this site. Who knows, perhaps someone has already observed something similar?
If you want to study a so-called plant "hybrid system" yourself, do a long-term study (>10 years). The perennial plants should have large flowers, and the two forms should differ in their pollinators and flower color. Mark the plants permanently with a numbered metal tag. Attach these underground and search for them with a metal detector. In this way, the fewest tags are removed by others. In addition, be sure to know the genomes (deep sequencing SMRT) and transcriptomes of both forms. This way, you can track what has been changed genetically during the transformation. After all, there are hundreds to thousands of changes. Remember that such processes are poorly understood and that conventional basic knowledge about evolution will not help you. You have to find out for yourself what is going on in your object of study.
Suppose one has found such a transition and thinks they have discovered a unique process. In that case, one can never be sure whether the same thing happens at another ecologically similar place, practically at the same time. In any case, such processes are repetitive and always move on similar paths in phase space.
Rolfy September 2025.
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No new plants have been at this site during the last 30 years.
Less than 1% of sampled Diplacus seeds germinate even after 25 years, which is fantastic.