Breeding with clones.

[Fairorchids]

The variation in seedgrown plants can be enormous. Any minute difference between a mother division and a clone is negligible when it comes to breeding.

And, while shifts in the mericloning process are possible, most are indistinguishable, and many are in the eye of the observer. My sidekick swears that he can tell the difference in George King 'Serendipity' (mother division 3-4 flowers, clones only 2, on each inflorescence). I proved him wrong by blooming a clone with 3 flowers.