Cattleya trianae var. alba 'Aranka Germaske'

[Royal]

Originally Posted by catwalker808

At the risk of being the setup man for shots from genetics experts, here are a few comments as they relate to ORCHID breeding.

Brave, very brave.

Originally Posted by catwalker808

Sometimes, the term "species A x sibling" is not used properly. "species A x sibling" would mean that a plant has been crossed to a same generation member of the same seed batch (brother and sister, if you will). However, if 2 unrelated plants of the same species are crossed, they should be designated as "species A x species A". For ease of designation, sometimes a cross between 2 unrelated plants of the same species is incorrectly designated as "species A x sibling".

Totally right. A sibling cross is very different from an outcross using two distinctly different genetic populations. Sibling crosses are still a form of line breeding, though not as genetically confined as self crosses.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by Brenda Aarts

Mauro, your cats are always just amazing, wondering if you can tell me what you grow them in primarily. I use a mixture of some spagnum, clay pellets, lava rock and charcoal, works ok till I move them outside and the wind gets blowing. Some of the plants seem too heavy and fall over, think I need more weight to my mix.

Brenda, my plants are primarily grown in a mix of 70% sphagnum moss and 30% small peanuts of white Styrofoam. Almost all of them are grown hanging, not on the bench.

[Brenda Aarts]

Thanks Mauro, I'll keep experimenting till I find something that works better for my conditions (I too like spagnum). Hanging them all unfortunately, for me is not an option right now...maybe eventually when I get my sunroom.