Originally Posted by Kostas

Well,that sure is a tough question because there are many variables involved. Assuming proper TC practices are followed to prevent mutations(off types) and the TC plantlet is true to type and healthy(they usually do are both true to type and healthy to be fair),that plantlet is no better than a healthy pup or corm. They take longer than pups to grow to a set height(simply because they must produce all the energy needed for growth with their leafs and do not use stored energy like pups do from their mother's corm) but supposedly take about the same time to flower in the tropics as plants grown from pups(i would bet this is due to disease slowing the pup's growth while the TC is disease free and as a result,has a faster growth rate). When disease is not an issue,the advantage of a TC plantlet is lost i would guess and you have to wait it grow through its tiny stage which takes months while a pup can grow big in the same amount of time because it starts big when you remove it from the mat.

Now,if you mean if it will be inferior in ''quality'' or genetically inferior,a TC plantlet produced following the proper procedures should be as good as the pup it came from and about as good as any other pup. In other words,once it grows and get to be ''pup size'',it will grow equally fast as a healthy pup removed from the mat.

As for corms,they can pup fast and grow these pups real fast so in terms of growth,they provide the most explosively growing pups as long as the pups are left attached on it.