What's wrong with sibs?

[DennisM]

....edit: sorry, piedpipper. I missed the 75/25 question in the previous post.

but the percentages don't mean much. I've got 75% diamond/jungle as big as a diamond. and 75% diamond/jungle the size of a jungle. a 25% jungle can have more or less than 25% jungle influence. admittedly, over a few generations of breeding the crosses to pures things will definitely lean to the "pure" look in most cases, and often become indistinguishable from the pure.

[DennisM]

Copy that Pied. I wasn't very clear in my thinking or my writing. I do understand that they would all be jungle/coastal crosses and how the higher percentage of jungle genes will reduce the coastal influence in the offspring. I was wondering how much the physical characteristics would vary. Would some look more like jungles and others look more like coastals? As long as the seller is honest about the animal's lineage I see no issues with crosses. Some of them are visually stunning. The problems come in when they're misrepresented as something they're not. I think there's a market for crosses, morphs and the pure stuff.

like Pied said, the heavier the % in one direction, the more it will likely appear to be that ssp.

some folks love crosses, some folks hate crosses and some folks don't care either way. to each their own. as you said, as long as they're honestly represented.

[Reinz]

I think the intergrades are more beautiful than a lot, if not most morph Carpets!