C. Carl Hauserman

[fredr]

I have one of these and am wondering if there are many different kinds such as C. Carl Hauserman "Lucy" etc

How does one find this out? If mine has no other name on the tag it's just a generic Hauserman? So much to learn.

Fred

[Dorothy]

You are looking for different cultivators of Cattleya Carl Hausermann -
The cultivar I found were -
'Spring Beauty'
'Founder' - which you can purchase at Hausermann Orchids - C. Carl Hausermann: Orchids By Hausermann
I don't know where you would find a complete list of cultivar names of this hybrid .. perhaps someone else does

[fredr]

Dorothy,
that opens up another question about orchid names in general. Is there no complete reference out on the internet? I presume that there are books that list all these varieties but the ideal place would be here or on the net in general.

For example I have an orchid labeled: Blc. Oriental Sunshine 'Don King' x Blc. Cherry Suisse 'Cathy' AM/AOS but I can't find either via google which is supposed to know everything. :-)

I guess I'll just go with what's on the label and hope it is correct.

Fred

[Dorothy]

Cultivar and varieties are two different things.
A cultivar is a word combination of cultivated and variety. It means means that the plant has been vegetatively propagated through dividing or cloning, rather than from seed to produce a genetically unique orchid plant. Within a cultivar all the offspring are genetically identical.
A variety is a botanical rank in plant nomenclature.
To understand more about cultivar and their epithet -
Cultivar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For more on orchid naming -
Orchid Naming
and
http://www.orchidboard.com/Orchid-naming

Blc. Oriental Sunshine 'Don King' x Blc. Cherry Suisse 'Cathy' AM/AOS is the name of your orchid. It is not given a single name because this cross may not be registered with the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)
So they name it by the hybrid that provided the seed X pollen parent.
Anyone can check this out at the RHS site -
This is the link for a grex(hybrid) name search - Royal Horticultural Society - Plants: The International Orchid Register
This is the link for a parentage search - Royal Horticultural Society - Plants: The International Orchid Register

Ok now even to confuse you more Blc = Brassiolaeliocattleya meaning it's a hybrid consisting of brassia, laelia and cattleya has now changed to Thwaitesara .. and that is how the RHS recognizes it on it's website. And the RHS doesn't require cultivar names so leave them out when checking.

If I lost you somewhere .. let me know and tell me where ..