Stefpix wrote"And with orchid hybrids - anyway there is genetic recombination - so you dont really know how much from one parent and how much from the other -
the mix is random.
Couldnt be a hybrid be really close to a parent or the other or something half way in culture?
If u mix a warm growing with a cool growing maybe you wont necessarily get intermediate... "
I agree about genetic mixing being on-off rather than 50 -50 - I have long thin feet so I was pleased that my husband has short wide feet because I thought our kids would come out with those marvellous things, "average feet" - no way, Jose ! The son has my feet , the daughter her father's and guess what - if I thought getting long narrow shoes was hard, it's even harder for a boy/man
