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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Jan 30, 2009 15:59:06 GMT -5
... or Hamadryads to be specific.
Now, Hamadryads are tied to a specific tree, unlike regular Dryads who are tied to woodlands as a whole. What happens if you take a cutting from the Hamadryad's tree (with permission, obviously), transport it 100 miles, add rooting hormone and fertilizer and get it to grow.
Having spent some considerable time pondering this question -discovering at the same time that virtually none of my workmates know what a Dryad is- I believe that I have arrived at a satisfactory answer. What does everyone else think?
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Post by WatsonSword on Jan 30, 2009 16:32:06 GMT -5
In my mind, there are two possible answers to this question.
The first possible answer is for if you are a ****, or in a bad mood, or simply don't care about mythology, etc. That answer being:
"Dryads aren't real anyway, so this is a stupid question that doesn't even need to be answered."
The second possible answer is if you are none of the above. That answer being:
"Nothing would happen, since trees CANNOT reproduce through fission, and so the cutting would whither and die no matter what you give it."
But if the Hamadryad was bound to something that could reproduce through fission, like bamboo...
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Jan 31, 2009 14:50:42 GMT -5
Of course Dryads don't exist. The purpose of the exercise is to produce a logical response to the question given the stated conditions.
I'm not an expert on horticulture, but the Wikipedia entry I just read seems to state that you can take a cutting from a tree.
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Post by WatsonSword on Jan 31, 2009 15:24:16 GMT -5
Well, I just looked it up and actually, you're right! Quite a few tree species can reproduce through fission. So I guess it depends on the tree. If the Hamadryad is bound to a species that could reproduce through fission than... I don't know what would happen.
PS: I wasn't trying to insult you. I was just imitating someone who would.
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Feb 2, 2009 4:06:12 GMT -5
Good imitation there.  We can't really know, but can you come up with a logical answer? As I see it the answer depends on whether the innate magics of the hamadryad class the cutting as being part of the same tree or not. |
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Post by jinsfch on Mar 8, 2009 19:33:33 GMT -5
there is also the possibility of grafting the original tree to another one. this open a can of worms or opens further the can of worms already opened. it could be a great way to ensure that hamadryads proliferate you could 'grow' them in an orchard and then transplant them into the wild. i think a transplanted tree could hold a hamadryad but it would be a copy or break from the original. the roots and such are still very much part of the tree. would the new tree be a copy or a resurrection of the original? kindo f off topic it leads to the idea that is the hamadryad linked to the DNA of the tree of the 'spirit' of it? the spirit of the tree seems to come with a lot more issues to transplant. |
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Mar 9, 2009 14:24:09 GMT -5
Not sure that you could grow them. That would only work if they reproduce in the same way that normal trees do. And that they themselves wouldn't take issue with such treatment.
Where does the new hamadryad come form? Is the original split in half?
I had assumed that the hamadryad would only be capable of bonding with a particular type of tree, but if part of the tree were the right type? Hadn't even considered it.
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