From what I have heard, variegation is a mutation, so there is not much chances that it will carry on through breeding. What would be an interesting cross though, would be a Phal. violacea x Neo. falcata. If both plants are supposed to have heavenly fragrances, then I am sure that it should be carried out to the children. I have a violacea Sumatra with two buds developing, but it is far to young to carry two pods, and I already plan on using pollen from my cornu-cervi flava on the Sumatra. Maybe next year is someone is willing to donate pollen. GOODNESS! Why are these lines of such interesting intergeneric breeding more popular?!?!

I'm not sure about self pollination with these, It wont hurt to try now, and if a pod develops, you can research if it will be worth the trouble to propagate the seeds.

I did try to cross the two kinds I have blooming now. It will be interesting to see if they form pods.

im going to self it right now! see what i end up with.

cody- that would be an uinteresting cross. never heard a neo crossed with a phal though. technically they are both vandaceaous

They could be crossed, but due to chromosome numbers, the progeny would most likely be sterile. I would love to do some far flung intergenerics within the subtribe Aeridinae (Phalaenopsis, Vandas, Arachnis, Neofinetia, Trichoglottis, and Aerides, to name a few out of the 108 genera within this subtribe).

a phalxtricho cross would be cool too.

I am thinking of doing that when I get my Tricho to bloom once I get it. The question is, though, what Phal would I use?

thats a tough one! idk any of them would be cool

I am hoping that my Phal. venosa blooms at the same time, as I think that would be neat, otherwise, I will need a pollen donor!

Variegation is typically caused by mutations in plastid DNA (more specifically, in the chloroplasts). this means that the mutation is passed on from the seed parent 100% of the time. Variegation in the pollen parent is not passed on.
Other types of mutations, which affect nuclear DNA, have a 50-50 chance of being passed on from either parent.

cool!

i selfed it today so we will see if it even takes