I know a guy who knows a guy who got me new varieties of Oca/New Zealand Yams to try out this growing season. Oca is a polyploid crop with a lot of uncertainty around its origins, probably involving several species in its domestication by Andean people thousands of years ago. As it’s now propagated vegetatively, breeding new types from seed involves patient management of flowering and pollen including much emasculation of anthers (😱)! #oxalistuberosa #newzealandyams #ocatubers #stemtubers #lostcropsoftheincas #pinktubers #novelcrops #panc #plantbreeding #polyploid #cultigen #ihaveaconnect #iknowaguy

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