Hybrids bred through maybe a dozen generations, and perhaps containing the genes of as many as a dozen different species ; so far removed from the originals as to be a different shape, different size, different colour.... And in the case of paphs, there are special words used for different kinds of hybrids, among the specialists - "primary" = a cross of two species, "novelty" a cross between one or more of the newly discovered "Chinese" paph species, sometimes crossed with an old hybrid, "Complex" as explained, and so on.Originally Posted by Little Lady
Hope this helps ; I'm afraid that after many years in the orchid world we come to speak our own jargon and don't realise others do not understand it.
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