Rick--thanks for taking the time to go into detail. It IS very relavent and interesting. I read your response three times and in rewinding my memories, some of what you put on paper I've observed thru my general working with lilies and tucked away as personal knowledge over time. But I kept thinking(and still do): looking foward, there must be a better way--a way to have better foresight of the outcome when I go about drawing up my cross pollenation charts. I absorb technical info/data easily so if you have more to share and feel it's out of place here, would you Tree Mail it along with any suggested reading material. This year I want to work up some of my Div VI crosses with L. Davidii for future backcrossing.
Using Tracey's example: What about color genetics? Are there some colors that tend to dominate in cross pollenation or what if I cross two pinks; what will I get?. It's my feeling that I could get a darker pink than both parents but no lighter pink than the darker pink minus the lighter pink. Is that correct?
I think this thread can be both technical and non technical. So much is learned thru sharing non technical observations; we all learn together!
