Hi Sake,

Thanks for pointing that out! I know in some draft I did discuss sib and self crosses (I have it on my computer), but certainly not in this, the original. Sorry - I thought it was in there!

The bit on the Dend. sections was correctly pointed out by Tim just afterwards in the thread. I corrected that in a later draft that I used elsewhere, but if I edit the original here, it will make his comments nonsensical.

Sorry! For making you read that, just to not answer your question! Jason and Murray already had: "Orchid ABC x sib" means a seedling of orchid ABC was crossed with another seedling. As long as the parent names are the same, it's a sib cross, even if the sibs are from different genrations of plants, and not really siblings from the same seed pod. That can lead to a bit more variety, but that's still the convention.

Orchid XYZ x self, means a flower on a single plant of XYZ was pollinated from another flower from the same plant. That will ensure much more predictable results among the offspring, hopefully for the good!

I can update it, if folks think it won't be too confusing, given subsequent posts. Let me know.

Thanks,
Julie