Diane has raised her hand and asked an excellent question.

Not bad for a bird brain...

When a cross is listed, the first parent named is the pod parent. That's the mommy plant that actually produces the seed pod. The second parent is known as the pollen parent. That's the daddy that donates his pollen and then goes and hangs out in bars with his pals.

Plants usually inherit more of the traits of the pod parent. Which is good, since daddy is a bar fly... So breeders select the pod parent appropriately. Switching pod parents in a cross would definitely influence the flowers produced. Yeah, Junior would start hanging out in bars... And don't forget plant size - many crosses seek to produce either larger or more compact plants.

Diane is asking if the cross A x B and the cross B x A, would keep the same grex name. I honestly don't know. I assume so, because I've never heard otherwise. Anybody have an answer? And if the answer is no, can you give an example of different grexes where the pod parents are reversed?

Julie