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Originally Posted by Roberta
I have a "generic" one (no special info about the L. anceps side) that has really nice form. I also have one where the L. anceps is the "Disciplinada" or lineata form where those characteristcs really show up in the L. Finkeniana. I have another that I got as a seedlings is a little little disappointing - made with L. anceps var veitchiana (the one with the blue lip) and was hoping for a coerulea... but it's just pink/lavender, alas. Nice but not special. (I wonder if flasks got mixed up...)
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Roberta,
There are a lot of breeders, who do not understand the genetics.
Coeruleas are recessive, so they will always be dominated by tipo and revert to pink.
A 'mostly alba' (& albescent) is an extremely pale tipo, so it will again dominate and the offspring reverts to pink.
There is more to it than this, but as long as you keep this in mind, you will see that standard color form will dominate in most crosses. You have to buy from some of the leading breeders who line breed, to get the interesting color forms. And, in some cases they release seedlings where only a small percentage are expected to come through with the desired color form.
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Originally Posted by Jeff214
Interesting. I was a bit surprised since I was expecting something similar to the L. Finckeniana 'Kennedys' cultivar. Do you have a favorite L. Finkeniana variety?
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'Kennedys' is a unique clone (I believe wild collected originally). To get that, you need to buy that.
In a seed grown population, there will be a great deal of variation. And, if it is the reciprocal of what produced 'Kennedys', the results can be like night & day - even if you use the same parent clones (despite the RHS considering AxB and BxA the same, the results vary a great deal).
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