HP Norton - Best Phal Breeder on the Planet?

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Originally Posted by ockham

What orchid vendors told me here on the subject is that Phalaenopsis flowers are more difficult to form pods than species, also seed productivity x pod and seed viability is more compromised if is compared with phalaenopsis species, same thing with Cattleyas and complex Cattleya hybrids.... Maybe the seed viability is just noticeable comparing both (I don´t know).

Perhaps that broad distinction is based on the fact that species x species crosses almost always tend to be clean ploidy, whereas hybrids in general are more likely to be aneuploid or 3n. While whites, pinks, spots, stripes and harlequins are generally free breeders, multiflorals, miniatures, yellows, reds, greens, blues and novelties are often quite difficult.

Originally Posted by ockham

Is to much bother from my side to ask you the genealogy and personal opinions involved in Phal. Doris, Elisabethae and Katherine Siegwart... I am curious

I found an interesting article that goes into it a little here:

http://www.worldscibooks.com/etextbo...424_chap01.pdf (page 4+)