Viewing post #1247931 by needrain

CaliFlowers said:
Regarding "X vs. x", It seems to me that it only works once.

Yes, only once in a cultivar lineage. If it's a seedling and was subsequently used as either a pod or pollen parent, then the upper case 'X' would only be used between it and the maternal/paternal parent. The 'X' would really be replaced by the addition of (...) at each end of the cross because the upper case is ONLY used between the maternalXpaternal plants being used. When I've used seedlings multiple times in crosses, I drop all upper case Xs except for the one dividing the maternal and paternal parents. I also count the parenthetical marks so they are even . If you use multiple generations of unregistered seedlings, it gets complicated. So a subsequent cross using the plant registered as Edge of Chaos would be ((Cerulean Star x Loch Ness Monster) x ((Fairy Tale Pink x Donetha Marie) x Enchanter's Spell)) X Whatchamacallit. Obviously this would only apply to unregistered seedlings or seedlings used prior to registering and introducing when they are used as a parent.