Crossbreeding
Linear Scale and Cross Pollination
The plant system was written on a linear scale. Each Plant has a number assigned (1-17), as devised by Auger who created the system.
We start the scale with the three seed types that were introduced on boglings:
Campion, Tribarrel Cactus, and Fern.
Campion is # 1 on this scale and Tribarrel Cactus is #17.
The crossing result of Campion and Tribarrel Cactus equals a Fern.
Thus, the Fern is in the center of the linear chart #9 .
There is an equation that can help figure out what your outcome will be.
The equation is: parent +parent /2 =child. (A+B)/2=C
So crossing a campion and Fern gives the formula: 1 + 9 = 10 / 2 = 5 (Lillies)
Whole numbers have exact results.
The linear formula works only with whole numbers.
There are some instances where crossing two types of plants will result in a decimal. The system does not read the decimals, so drop the decimal and the resulting whole number is your result.
If A and B are side by side on the scale, you will get a 50/50 chance at either parent as the resulting child. The formula would be: A+B=C +/- 1.
If you cross pollinate an Elephant Ear (8) and a Fern (9) the resulting child has a 50% chance of being an Elephant Ear and a 50% chance of being a Fern. There is no way to guarantee a child from side-by-side parent plants.
The formula would read: 8 + 9=17/2 (8+1 or 9-1).
If there is more separation between the parents, you would put in the formula: (A+B)/2=Child
So crossbreeding a Ponytail Palm (10) with a Pear Cactus (15) yields the following formula: (10+15)/2= 25/2 = 12.5
Then just drop the decimal for a whole number.
The resulting child would be a Century plant (12).
To Pollinate a plant:
1. Click on the flower symbol on the main menu of the plant you want to collect pollen from.
2. Click the pollen button on the bottom left.
3. Target the plant you want to pollinate and click.
Note: the two parents so you can remember what the child will be from the resulting cross.
Seeds from cross pollinated plants will not be tagged with a name, only a color. Only those that are self-pollinated will have a name and color attached.
Auger's Plant System
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| Campion | Poppy | Snowdrop | Bulrush | Lilly | Pampas grass |
Rushes | Elephant ear |
Fern |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
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| Ponytail palm |
Small palm |
Century | Water plant |
Snake plant |
Prickly pear |
Barrel cactus |
Tribarrel cactus |
Note: In the following table, items marked 50/50 have a 50% chance of being that breed based on the formula for side-by-side parents.
| Parents | Campion | Fern | Tribarrel | Lilly | Water plant |
Snowdrops | Rushes | Small palm |
Prickly pear |
| Campion | Campion | Lilly | Fern | Snowdrop | Rushes | Poppy | Bulrush | Pampas grass | Elephant ear |
| Fern | Lilly | Fern | Water plant | Rushes | Small palm | Pampas grass | Elephant ear | Small palm | Century plant |
| Tribarrel | Fern | Water plant | Tribarrel | Small palm | Prickly pear | Ponytail palm | Century plant | Snake plant | Barrel cactus |
| Lilly | Snowdrops | Rushes | Water plant | Lilly | Fern | Bulrush | Pampas grass | Elephant ear | Ponytail palm |
| Water plant | Rushes | Small palm | Prickly pear | Fern | Water plant | Elephant ear | Small palm | Century plant | Snake plant |
| Snowdrops | Poppy | Pampas grass | Ponytail palm | Bulrush | Elephant ear | Snowdrops | Lilly | Rushes | Fern |
| Rushes | Bulrush | Elephant ear | Century plant | Pampas grass | Ponytail palm | Lilly | Rushes | Fern | Small palm |
| Small palm | Pampas grass | Ponytail palm | Snake plant | Elephant ear | Century plant | Rushes | Fern | Small palm | Water plant |
| Prickly pear | Elephant ear | Century plant | Barrel cactus | Ponytail palm | Snake plant | Fern | Small palm | Water plant | Prickly pear |
| Poppy | 50/50 | Lilly | Fern | Snowdrop | Rushes | 50/50 | Bulrush | Pampas grass | Elephant ear |
| Bulrush | Poppy | Pampas grass | Ponytail palm | 50/50 | Elephant ear | 50/50 | Lilly | Rushes | Fern |
| Pampas grass | Snowdrop | Rushes | Small palm | 50/50 | Fern | Bulrush | 50/50 | Elephant ear | Ponytail palm |
| Elephant ear | Bulrush | 50/50 | Century plant | Pampas grass | Ponytail palm | Lilly | 50/50 | Fern | Small palm |
| Ponytail palm | Lilly | 50/50 | Water plant | Rushes | Small palm | Pampas grass | Elephant ear | 50/50 | Century plant |
| Century plant | Pampas grass | Ponytail palm | Snake plant | Elephant ear | 50/50 | Rushes | Fern | 50/50 | Water plant |
| Snake plant | Rushes | Small palm | Prickly pear | Fern | 50/50 | Elephant ear | Ponytail palm | Century plant | 50/50 |
| Barrel cactus | Elephant ear | Century plant | 50/50 | Ponytail palm | Snake plant | Fern | Small palm | Water plant | 50/50 |