Anyone have any input on the success rate of creating a hybrid from mating a complex parent to a species vs mating two complex parents. I'm thinking specifically about Hasegawaara (B x Bro x C x L x S). I've been having difficulty getting a Hawkinsara (Bro x C x L x S) to cross onto B. cucullata. Hawkinsara onto B. nodosa has no trouble. The reverse crosses have no trouble setting a pod. The cucullata pod parent won't set a pod. Could be because I don't know where the stigmatous surface is on the cucullata (hey it happens, as I'm sure some of you know.) But when Hasegawa made Hasegawaara I believe he crossed a Cattleytonia onto a Blc. (two complex parents)
So that makes me ask. Is there a better success rate when crossing complex parents or complex onto species? Any old hybridizers care to share their thoughts, myths, legends?
K Barrett
N Calif, USA
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