As I am a said "newbie" to the orchid world, this is something I am sure there are a million and one answers to this question, and this is probably one of the best places to start. As far as orchid traits are concerned I am (near 100%) sure that each tribe, sub-tribe, species, etc have specific traits...of course there would be, otherwise how would we be able to classify them, right? But...for each species and subspecies, are there traits that are considered dominant? I have noticed from looking at different hybrids that you can definitly see the traits from both parents, but just as brown eyes in Homo sapiens is dominant over blue, what are specific dominant traits in orchids. I understand that this is a BIG topic and therefore am probably not being specific enough.