excerpt from the text
Sometimes,
a little miracle of nature occurs, the creation of a new plant variety by mutation. [...]
Harvest 1998;
A single plant in a row of our Control Standard, Rocambole "Reliable", stands out, tall as a Porcelain but with the structure of leaves and stems of a Rocambole. The harvested bulb was huge, colossal in size and had 9 cloves like a Rocambole. In this region, porcelains generally produce 3 to 5 cloves per bulb. The cloves had a Porcelain appearance and coloration but little similarity to those of Rocambole "Reliable".
You start from reading this article, where it is indeed a question of the creation of a new variety by mutation and you tell us
VetusLignum wrote:It may be happening faster than you think.
while in the text they speak of a small miracle and of a single plant
your remark would suggest that it happens more often, which is false, and it is indeed what is said in this article, therefore a very personal interpretation of this reading, whereas the article precisely supports my remark that if it is necessary to wait for a mutation, it is necessary to believe in it and there yes they did not count on it but the miracle took place
so yes it is quite possible, I do not deny it, but no more than it remains exceptional not as you would like to believe it or make believe it, it is a little the exception which will confirm the rule