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Originally Posted by kg5
Well that idea blow up in my face so to speak.
But he was impressed with the idea and then went about telling why it will not work in his nursery.
The nursery has a mix of clones and seed plants.
Even though he does not have an image on his plants for sale his stock is bred so the highest constant quality of shape and colour is achieved. There is a large part to the nursery here that nobody from the public can see because it is a sterile as we can make all the different maturing area that orchids need.
He showed me a group of relatives. Interesting as some were flowering.
He showed one batch and said we crossed 2 beautiful whites with white going back some generations but this latest cross we believed would be white of course but 20% of the plants turned out pink!
They clone the best they breed.
Now I have a head full of info. Just glad I have some books to help me understand. I have a lot to learn about cattleya's!
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This is not a surprise. White is recessive versus pink, so it is common for a 'white cross' to have a percentage (sometimes 100%) pink flowers.
There are similar dominances between other colors, and a given color could be on different genes in different species (meaning that yellow x yellow does not necessarily produce yellow).
You need input from someone who really understands the genetics (most breeders do not, though their experience from years of breeding usually points them in the right direction).
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