Why a NoID is a NoID.

[Suzanne17]

No tags- they just have a reference page on their site where you can look up the color you got and see what it's called. So I'm fine calling them NoIDs like I have been. They do look like the Golden Beauty and Nassau orchids I've googled before. The dendrobium is tagged (arigang blue...I corrected my post above. Not a dtps!).

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Suzanne17

No tags- they just have a reference page on their site where you can look up the color you got and see what it's called. So I'm fine calling them NoIDs like I have been. They do look like the Golden Beauty and Nassau orchids I've googled before. The dendrobium is tagged (arigang blue...I corrected my post above. Not a dtps!).

Interesting, I've just looked at their site and I see what you mean. Not sure if all their names are registered ones or not. My other concern is that I can see a few on their list which look very similar to each other and it might be hard to tell which you have.

For example I'm not sure I can see the characteristics which distinguish their 'Cambridge' and 'Bern' (Nassau is similar but with a tint of pink from their pictures).

There is also a trend for 'trade names'. These are names of orchids which are not registered but which they are sold under. I have a Cyp Parville which is a trade name for Cyp parviflorum var pubescens. I also have a Den Polar Fire which is used widely as a trade name for this dendrobium... but it's not the registered name, and I don't know what the registered name is.

What I do is mark these ones with the trade name that the seller used, but have a marker in my records that tells me it's a trade name not a registered name.