Phal bellina x Phal violacea indigo blue

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Originally Posted by Ray

Yes, the difference can be detected, as “mom” (mitochondrial) DNA passes on specific traits that are not acquired from the “dad” DNA. If you see a parent/offspring match in that gene, you’ve established the parenthood.

Because of that, I agree that A x B is not the same as B x A and should have its own grex name, but that isn’t the way those things are tracked.

So, a man-made cross of bellina and violacea is “Samera” when made in either direction, and technically, a wild collected version of either cross would be “X Samera”

That's awesome to know. I haven't studied taxonomy since high school, really, so my knowledge is extremely limited. But I do wonder if attempting to be too specific could potentially be too restrictive and thus make classification more complicated than it needs to be.

Adding grexes might actually be a necessity that could solve a problem, I just don't know. But in my mind, taxonomy attempts to classify up to a point, allowing future research, discoveries, technological advances to fill in the gaps.

I understand some traits can only be passed on from the "mother," but does that mean they're always passed? Or that if they're passed, it certainly is from the mother. Because distinguishing grexes could potentialy imply a level of certainty in this transmission that might still require more research and understanding.

I don't know, that's just my speculation as to why it hasn't happened yet.