That's cool
Octopus!
For fun, I ran a quick Chi Square analysis on those numbers: 8 Females and 4 Males... Assuming that there is a 50/50 chance of getting males and females (i don't know if this is true or not, but let's assume that it is), then the probability of getting 8 females and 4 males out of 12 plants is p = 0.248. In other words, the chance of getting this ratio randomly is 1 in 4.
peace,
- eyes88