unnamed crosses

[estación seca]

Yes, when you buy an unnamed cross, you don't know what you will get. It will probably be somewhat intermediate between the two parents, but not always. Some plants are known to have a very heavy influence in progeny, like Brassavolas.

The first person to flower a cross traditionally has the right to name the cross. Sometimes the breeder expects to be asked by the person flowering it for the first time for permission to name the cross. The name of the cross is in Capitalized Words after the Genus of the cross.

If an outstanding example of a cross wins an award, or if a breeder thinks an unawarded plant is very good, it may be given a clonal name. That goes in single 'quotation marks' after the cross name.

[Fairorchids]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Yes, when you buy an unnamed cross, you don't know what you will get. It will probably be somewhat intermediate between the two parents, but not always. Some plants are known to have a very heavy influence in progeny, like Brassavolas.

The first person to flower a cross traditionally has the right to name the cross. Sometimes the breeder expects to be asked by the person flowering it for the first time for permission to name the cross. The name of the cross is in Capitalized Words after the Genus of the cross.

If an outstanding example of a cross wins an award, or if a breeder thinks an unawarded plant is very good, it may be given a clonal name. That goes in single 'quotation marks' after the cross name.

Sorry, incorrect.

The breeder always has the right to name any new cross he/she has made. The buyer can ask for permission to do so, if he/she wishes to register a name.

In some cases, the breeder is unknown (= somebody other than the seller of the plant). If I want to name a plant (usually because I have used it for breeding), first I ask the seller. If the seller doesn't know, or names someone who subsequently denies having made the cross, we are left with 'Originator Unknown'.

In such cases, I wait at least 18 months, to give the originator a reasonable time to register his/her cross. Only if it remains unnamed at that point, would I submit a registration application to the RHS.

Then there are the cases where the parents names give you an indication. For reedstem Epidendrums, when you see (Pacific X x Pacific Y), it is a Cal-Orchid seedling. Jim Rose is notoriously slow in registering his new crosses (but you can bug him).