Would hybrid flowers ever survive on their own in the wild?

I've often wondered if hybrid species of flowers have ever or can possibly survive in the wild, unassisted, on their own no human intervention?


If so, what flowers do this?

Would hybrid flowers ever survive on their own in the wild?
Hi greenheatherbutterfly.





Some flower hybrids may survive in the wild, but on the whole this is unlikely.





Hybrid flowers are commonly a cross between two flowers of the same species, but with different characteristics, in order produce a plant with the desirable qualities from both parents. For instance a wild vigorous plant with poor flowers may be crossed with a plant from the same family that has showier flowers but lax growth, the desired result is a strong vigorous plant with better flowers.





What usually happens when these flowers reproduce in the wild is that they revert to the more genetically dominant parent, usually the wild flower parent.





Here's a link that should help a lot:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid#Hybr...





A good example of this is perhaps the Leylandii that we all love or loathe. Leyland cypress is a cross, but I have never seen a Leylandii growing from seed in the wild. Although it is a very successful hybrid it isn't very good a reproducing.





I hope there are some geneticists out there that can help further, but hope that helps a bit to answer your question.
Reply:the hybrid will eventually over a number of seasons return to its original non hybrid form. if you want to observe this plant some coxcombs and over the years you can watch the change.
Reply:No they do not propagate easily. In fact I have never been ble to take any cuttings from them.
Reply:In general, hybrids can have more difficulties in surviving than already-established species. But the characteristics of the species have the biggest effect on hybrid success. For example, in places where there are many orchids (not even of the same species or even of the same genus), hybrids are present. The practicality of the standard definition of species is somewhat weak among the orchids, for some reason. This is an extreme of hybrid vigour. But the common apple hybrids, for example (which produce some kind of fruit that we like a lot — e.g. Macintosh apples), cannot even be reproduced on purpose. The particular tree MUST be cut up into segments and spliced to the roots of apple saplings to grow another tree that has those apples on it which we want. In this case, the species concept is so real and verifiable that hybridization only works within the apple species.


There are some well-known wild hybrid species which show their past hybrid background by their genetic makeup in the present. I've listed a couple in my references - do a search using "natural wild hybrid plant" to find more.
Reply:There are many natural hybrids that do survive, or even do better than the species that they are derived from - eg. in the uk there are 2 bluebell species, but a hybrid of the 2 is out competing them and the others are becoming rare. But most cultivated species wouldn't survive in the wild, hybrid or not - they are bread for fast growth and high/quality yield, which means that they are week in other areas like the qualities that they need to survive in the wild.
Reply:yes they would, as there are hybrids that occour naturally in nature.
Reply:i think hybrid varieties are having less acclimatisation for wild living cos extra supplementary are provided for it even thought it is genetically modified its worst in wild life


SO cutes are not tolerable in wild cos the original Will take over them
Reply:Artificial F1 hybrids don't propagate themselves, they have to be crossed from two separate populations each time and it needs to be done by hand.





Other plants can hybridise if they are closely enough related and often do so in the wild.