How do you choose your crosses?

[johnblagg]

Originally Posted by SOS

There is no hurt in trying, thats true, but you're not going to make a Masdapedium (Masdavallia whirly gig X Paphiopedium sanderianum) anytime soon.

Even hybrids within their own tribes have hurdles. Short of being autogamous, we're out of luck.

probably not but some times a cross is attempted for many many years and fails then suddenly for some reason it takes ....the genetic shuffle that takes place to create a new seedling means every new plant from seed is a possibility of things changing just that little bit that was needed to work.And indeed the very process that creates pollen can shuffle genes somewhat also.

There once decades ago exisisted a cabbages and radish cross that they have never managed to do again since......