Don't jump to any conclusions until you grow them out. So far they could be anything.

This isn't a job it's a hobby. I'm just trying to have fun and guessing (and being wrong) is fun.

I was wrong!. Here is my latest theory:

Billbergia distachia x Cryptanthus Ti, almost 5 months old. About half of them have the red in them, the rest are dull green and might be culled soon.

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From the same grex, this looks likes the distichantha cross:

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O.K. - So bromadams is the old W.L.?

Congratulations on that first pictured result. It sure does have a crypt look about it, at this stage. Your seedlings have made excellent progress in just 5 months. My seedlings of a selfed B. zebrina look similar to your second photo, but not as advanced yet. I think it is still too early for yours to be identified as a cross between B.distachia and an aechmea - but fingers crossed for you.

I get confused with the way you use the term "grex". My understanding of that term is: the one formula of parentage, i.e. seedlings from a specific grex all have the same parents, whether it be an intergeneric cross or a cross within the same genus. Maybe I'm wrong there?

Good luck with them!

Cheers.
Kerry

"Grex: A Greek name for herd; in taxonomy it refers to the group name for all offspring from crossing the same two (or more) parents. The term is frequently used among Orchid hybridizers."

"Particularly in orchid nomenclature, a term used to refer to the progeny of a specific cross."

"A classification for cultivars derived from the same hybrid."

Maybe I'm stretching the meaning a bit, but I don't think there is any other term to use.

Yeah, a bunch of b*stard children of the same mother is not a grex. A "litter" maybe. I rather like "herd" too. ;-)

I still think it's too early to call any of them. That one does look kinda Crypty, but a lot of seedlings look like that when they're young. Patience, my son, patience.....