Phal bellina x Phal violacea indigo blue

[Jmoney]

the cross is the same name no matter which parent is pollen and which is pod. if it is a natural hybrid often plants from the wild are denoted with a x (i.e. Cattleya x Gravesiana) the hybrid betwen mossiae and lueddemanniana.

to my knowledge the pod parent passes through mitochrondria (this is true for plants and animals), and in plants also passes the chloroplasts. people often say green can in some cases be inherited through the pod parent (for example current paph breeding for very light "platinum" Maudiae-types). how much the pod contributes to other characteristics may be somewhat speculative...