Flower Building 101

Flower Building 101

Class is now in session. Stand by your greenhouses.

School supplies:

• 5-30 of each type of original flowers of the species you are building on (see Note A)
• Mutagens [Contact Ariella, EldradUlthran, Myna(limited selection),Orchid or Zaniac]
• Printed copy of Solvent Findings
• Printed copy of GenePlaces
• Printed copies of the type of flower gene theory page you want to build...
  • SeaLily Genome Theory
  • Orchid Genome Theory
  • Rose Genome Theory
  • SandBloom Genome Theory

Step 1:

Choose one of the flower species (orchids, lilies, etc). Then from Reference A (bottom of this page) decide which of the originals will be your base (Vampire, Blush, etc if you chose lilies). This will be decided in the next step by the size/colors you would like and how many genes it takes to build it. Read over your flower type's gene theory (from above) to learn which gene sets make colors and sizes on the parts of the flower you chose. The three basic colors are Magenta/Yellow/Cyan. For reference to colors see Flower Colors. On that page cyan/magenta/yellow correspond to hundreds/tens/ones places while the actual numbers 1-4 are the 4 shades or intensity of those base colors.

Example 1:
Peppermint Stick Pixie Sea Lily (Dwarf red and white petals with red stamen)

See SeaLily Genome Theory.
Red common outer petals are yellow(GYYY) + magenta(GOOO).
Red uncommon inner petals are yellow uncommon(UROR) + magenta uncommon(UROO).
Red outer stamen are yellow outer stamen(IYYY) + magenta outer stamen(IOOO).
Dwarfx2 (GYOR+GYOR).

That's 8 sets of 4 genes or 32 genes total. Looking at Solvent Findings you see we need to use Clarity to have enough genes to play with.

Step 2:

Chart the genes to change.

Example 1:
GYYYGOOOURORUROOIYYYIOOOGYORGYOR Peppermint Stick
IRIRIOIOIYIYGORRGRORGRROGORRGRORGRRO Clarity

Now let's separate the petal/stamen/size sets of the two flowers so it doesn't look like a long mess.

GYYY	GOOO	UROR	UROO	IYYY	IOOO	GYOR	GYOR		Peppermint Stick
IRIR	IOIO	IYIY	GORR	GROR	GRRO	GORR	GROR	GRRO	Clarity

Let's rearrange the Peppermint Stick gene sets around to see if we can match more genes of the two different flowers so we have fewer genes to change on Clarity. Since Clarity is 36 genes long and our flower only needs 32 genes, 'b' in bYbb are only blank spacers just so the genomes of the two flowers match up gene for gene. We will have to 'kill' the GORR in Clarity by changing the 'O' in GORR so it doesn't interfere with our needed gene sets and add an unwanted color. So we can put a Y in to make GYRR. Below we can now see which genes we need to change on Clarity.

UROR	IOOO	IYYY	GOOO	GYOR	GYYY	bYbb	GYOR	UROO	Peppermint Stick
IRIR	IOIO	IYIY	GORR	GROR	GRRO	GORR	GROR	GRRO	Clarity

Step 3:

Decide which mutagens and Original Flowers you will use to change those genes. Homework! (ewwww!) Reference Silken Mutagen Theory to understand how mutagens swap genes in an xbreeding cross. You will need GenePlaces as a reference to figure out which mutagens to use.

Example 1: Jump to Peppermint Stick Pixie to see the mutagens mapped onto the gene changes needed.

Step 4:

Plant final child flower and check results. If the flower has red outer petals, red alternating inner petals, red stamen and is a double dwarf then Uproot and run to the University of Worship. Click on the Uni and then on Crossbreeding, then 'Name(register) a strain of...' and rename to PeppermintStick#, replant and split :)

Note A: Technically a supply of each type of flower species that its genome is known and it has a chart of gene hits for. You will need to 'pull' genes from different bulbs to insert them into your base flower. As of 2-8-2008:

Flower Species	Original Flowers	Reference
Orchid	Hidden in the Darkness, Eigam #1556	Orchid Genome Theory
Rose	Bloodheart,Pantomime, Pink Giant, White Giant
Sand Bloom	Lemon Drop, Love's Touch, Petit Mal	SandBloom Genome Theory
Sea Lily	Clarity, Delicate, Fracture, Morning, Silken, Vampire	Solvent Findings

Reference A: To be used for handy cutting and pasting.

'Orchids'

     Arabian Nights kouguouguouguoirggoroouryigriuok
 Hidden in Darkness kyryroyguouguouyuryyyurorggryyurgggk
         Sabertooth kirggugiouigrggiouguouguouok
         Shangri-La kyiroiguroiouguouguouguoiryyiuoik

'Roses'

  Bloodheart kououououk
   Pantomime kyyroyyroyyroyyrok
  Pink Giant kroouroyguroyguyyrk
 White Giant kroyguyuyuyk

'Sand Blooms'

 Calliope     kiiocyygcuoucoiuroygciioriycugocggyk
 Corona       kricoicyicricoicyik
 Lemon Drop   kygcygcygcyucyucyuck
 Love's Touch kouorouocgyoroygcioik
  Petit Mal   kgyorurgrouogyoryuygyirioiyigok
  Sacrifice   kroyorcroyorcroyorcroyorck
 Sunshine     kiyiyiyuyuygygk

'Sea Lilies'

   Clarity kiririoioiyiygorrgrorgrrogorrgrorgrrok 
  Delicate kioioioiyiyiygyork 
    Energy kvvvvvuyyyuyyygyyygyyygrrogrrourorurorvvvk 
  Fracture kroygroygyorgorgoook 
   Morning kirrriyyyiyyyuyyyuyyyurorurorgrrrgyyygorrgrrok  
   Silken  krrroooyyyggguuuiiik  
   Vampire kiyiyioiyioiok