Cultivar vs. Clone?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

The reason why the growers know that what you have is Doritaenopsis Queen Beer is because it was cloned.

Or...

It was a keiki or offshoot from Doritaenopsis Queen Beer.

Either one of these would be certain to give you Dtps Queen Beer.

If offspring were produced via sexual reproduction between two Dtps Queen Beer individuals, they would not be Dtps Queen Beer.

The only way to produce Dtps Queen Beer via sexual reproduction is by crossing the parents of Dtps Queen Beer. That's why hybrid genealogy is important to a breeder of hybrids.

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

If offspring were produced via sexual reproduction between two Dtps Queen Beer individuals, they would not be Dtps Queen Beer.

The only way to produce Dtps Queen Beer via sexual reproduction is by crossing the parents of Dtps Queen Beer. That's why hybrid genealogy is important to a breeder of hybrids.

I need to disagree here... Queen Beer is a grex and not a clonal name...

if you cross:
Dtps Queen Beer x Dtps Queen Beer
or
Dtps pulcherrima x Phalaenopsis Meteor

you will always have Dtps Queen Beer!!!

Clonal names are used to give more individualized ID to a single plant. This can be done after receiving an award or just like because the grower wants to identify a single plant within his/her collection for any particular reason..

if you plant has a clonal name on the label, it wil most probably be a clon (this can be a mericlon, a division, or a keiki)... this is specially true for Cattleyas and Phalaenopsis (these are very easy to mericlone and produce lots of keikis), but very rare for Paphiopedilum or Phragmipedium (very difficult to mericlone!)