There did seem to be a base species used originally but I haven't been following it that closely.
It is interesting when you can identify what species was most likely used in a cross.
Popular ones to use were
violacea
luddemaniana
venosa
amboinensis
amibilis
gigantea
Tetraspis
Corningiana
Bellina and many more
One can tell rather easily if an amibilis was a parent because the flower lip will have little antennae looking structures.
Gigantea is used a lot to give hybrids bigger flowers and these can be identified by their big leaves.
Tetraspis has been used quite a bit to create hybrids that produce more flowers. These then tend to produce keiki's more readily, another way to tell, if it produces a big bunch of smaller flowers and readily produces keiki's then it probably has a tetraspis parent in there
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