Phoenix (plant) hybridisation and cross-pollination. Several natural hybrids were hence obtained: "P. dactylifera X. P. sylvestris "(India)," P. dactylifera × P. canariensis" (Morocco, Algeria and Israel), and " P. dactylifera × P. reclinata "(Senegal). "Phoenix" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including "Paysandisia archon" and the "Batrachedra" species "B. amydraula" (recorded on "P. dactylifera"), "B. arenosella" and "B. isochtha" (feeds exclusively on "Phoenix" spp.). The fruit of "P. dactylifera", the date of commerce, is large with a thick layer of fruit pulp, edible, very sweet and rich in sugar; the other species have only a
The Price of the Phoenix Charles A. Spano, Jr., which Roddenberry was only indirectly involved. Marshak and Culbreath were not interested in professional literary criticism, but they were very interested in fan reactions and feedback, writing to "Interstat", "We have been extremely interested in all of the reviews of ["The Price of the Phoenix"] in the fan literature." In "Interstat" #1, a fan submitted essay entitled "What Hath Bantam Wrought?" compares "The Price of the Phoenix" to the previously released novel, "Spock, Messiah!". The fan writes, if "Messiah!" "is insulting to women," then in "The Price of the Phoenix" "everyone becomes a woman," and that