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Oncidium Twinkle - white
Hello everyone! I have an Oncidium Twinkle. There is no clonal name
other than 'white' on the label. From searching this group's past e-mails, I've learned that not all clones of this plant are fragrant, and those that do have a fragrance vary in it's intensity. However, I'm confused. Please let me know if I'm understanding this correctly - 1. Onc. 'A' x Onc. 'B' = Onc. Twinkle 2. One of the seedlings was given the clonal name 'Fragrance Fantasy' , but every seedling of this cross is called Onc. Twinkle. 3. My plant is of the same grex as 'Fragrance Fantasy' - if it is one of the seedlings of the original cross. 4. If it is a remake using different plants than originally used (even though they would be the same two species), they would still carry the grex name of Twinkle , but would be unrelated to the original grex. Thanks! Bob Campoli - Philadelphia, Pa - waiting for said plants to open their flowers. |
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Oncidium Twinkle - white
Hi, Bob.
I think maybe you're using the term "grex" a bit more specifically than I. If you equate the word with "cross," it's more common. Other than that, you're on the right track. The grex (cross) A x B or B x A will always be Twinkle, the grex name. That applies to every breeding, no matter which plants of Oncidiums A & B are used, and to any Twinkle x Twinkle cross or Twinkle selfing. 'Fragrance Fantasy' was a single cultivar of Twinkle, and that cultivar name applies to divisions and clones of that original plant only. Out of curiosity (or maybe I just read too much into your post - it IS 5:30 and I haven't had that first cup of coffee yet) what makes you think yours is from Moir's original cross of Onc. cheirophorum and Onc. ornithorhynchum? It was registered in 1958! -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "bobc" wrote in message ups.com... Hello everyone! I have an Oncidium Twinkle. There is no clonal name other than 'white' on the label. From searching this group's past e-mails, I've learned that not all clones of this plant are fragrant, and those that do have a fragrance vary in it's intensity. However, I'm confused. Please let me know if I'm understanding this correctly - 1. Onc. 'A' x Onc. 'B' = Onc. Twinkle 2. One of the seedlings was given the clonal name 'Fragrance Fantasy' , but every seedling of this cross is called Onc. Twinkle. 3. My plant is of the same grex as 'Fragrance Fantasy' - if it is one of the seedlings of the original cross. 4. If it is a remake using different plants than originally used (even though they would be the same two species), they would still carry the grex name of Twinkle , but would be unrelated to the original grex. Thanks! Bob Campoli - Philadelphia, Pa - waiting for said plants to open their flowers. |
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Oncidium Twinkle - white
HI Ray! I don't think I have one of the original plants of that grex.
In fact my particular plant was purchased at the Philadelphia flower show last year from Parkside. It was a very healthy 4"pot. After it was done flowering, I divided it into five pots and now each of them is growing and flowering!!! The label that came with the plant is : Onc. Twinkle - white I knew of 'Fragrance Fantasy' and originally thought all Twinkle's were fragrant. My questions were from trying to get a handle on how my plant was related to the original cross. I persist in thinking of plant relationships in human terms - parent/child, siblings, cousins, etc. and was just curious. Another thing I learned from your answer was that a Twinkle x Twinkle cross would also be Twinkle - If asked, I would have guessed it would have been given a new grex name, since only Onc cheirophorum x Onc ornithorynchum could be called Twinkle. Bob Campoli - Philadelphia, Pa. |
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