paphioland
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I see your point but I suprised as a geneticist you may take the nurture too far. LOL. I am not an amazing grower or anything. At this moment in my life I don't have the time to be. I don't always repot when I should. I don't always adjust the shade cloth when it should be. I don't supplement with lights when the days get shorter. I don't have multiple greenhouses so I can have three seperate conditions to grow my plants in. I can say this however. I have yet to rebloom an OZ plant and have it be sig worse than it was the first time. Sometimes the same, sometimes better. I am sure that if it was a multi and Frank grew down in Florida it would bloom better than I could. I am sure that if it were a complex or almost anything else and Terry grew it, the flower would be better than I could. Much of my stuff from the OZ are first bloomm seedlings bought in bloom. As the plant gets more mature the flowers get better. If your growing conditions are not ideal for the plant the flower may stay the same.
Obviously if you wanted you could make culture or environment the ulitmate factor. Like if you don't water for a month, most of your plants will die (some may survive due to genetics). Or stop fertilizing all together with RO water, your plants will slowly die or have serious issues. Stop giving them light, have no air movement etc etc.
As long as you do things 75% right genetics are very important in flower quality. So for most people on this forum I would say genetics of the flower are more important. Culture is also still very important but as long as it is decent, not as much as some think.
Look at how many complexes have to be bloomed to get great ones, even at the OZ where the conditions are ideal. Hundreds to thousands?? Depending on the cross.
I guess what I am saying is that under extreme environmental conditions genetics can always be trumped. Genetics is always stuggling to keep up with relatively minor changes in environment though out the history of life. However, under somewhat stable conditions genetics creates most of the variability, if this weren't true there would be no life at all.
Obviously if you wanted you could make culture or environment the ulitmate factor. Like if you don't water for a month, most of your plants will die (some may survive due to genetics). Or stop fertilizing all together with RO water, your plants will slowly die or have serious issues. Stop giving them light, have no air movement etc etc.
As long as you do things 75% right genetics are very important in flower quality. So for most people on this forum I would say genetics of the flower are more important. Culture is also still very important but as long as it is decent, not as much as some think.
Look at how many complexes have to be bloomed to get great ones, even at the OZ where the conditions are ideal. Hundreds to thousands?? Depending on the cross.
I guess what I am saying is that under extreme environmental conditions genetics can always be trumped. Genetics is always stuggling to keep up with relatively minor changes in environment though out the history of life. However, under somewhat stable conditions genetics creates most of the variability, if this weren't true there would be no life at all.
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You are prob the best multifloral grower in the world. Your lowii's are to die for as well. 
