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[RoseSD]

Originally Posted by Roberta

There, a specific plant Cym. Valley of Death '600' was crossed with a specific plant Cym. Sharon Osato 'Mercutio'. The cross was not registered (I just looked it up) so it is a new child, currently unnamed. Neither parent was awarded, so the cultivar names aren't recorded anywhere, but the breeder thought that they were special enough to give an identity. (The cultivar names could have come from the breeder who made this cross, or could have been named by the source of the plants... doesn't matter, the concept is that particular plants were chosen as parents) Sometimes you will get a plant with just the parents identified like this and then it is later registred. Worth looking up. While the RHS site will give you the information, it is pretty unforgiving. If you want to research a hybrid, I suggest OrchidRoots

Also, note, when you look up a hybrid, DON'T include the cultivar... it's not part of the official name.

Very helpful thank you.
So the cultivar in the Valley of Death is "600"? Who came up with such a name?

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by RoseSD

Very helpful thank you.
So the cultivar in the Valley of Death is "600"? Who came up with such a name?

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[RoseSD]

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Is your Laela anceps 'Royal Flush Deja Vu' a hybrid Roberta? The color is beautiful.

[Roberta]

It is the species L anceps. Cultivar is 'Royal Flush Deja Vu' - or possibly a cross of two cultivars, 'Royal Flush' x 'Deja Vu', both of them well-known cultivars. But it is still the species - a cross of two select plants of the species. (This is "line breeding" - selecting excellent cultivars of a species, crossing them to improve - from a human standpoint - some characteristics within the species) I'm a bit of a species purist... some line-bred species have been "improved" to the point that a pollinator in the wild would not recognize them. But still, technically the species. (Note that the species name "anceps" is in lower case, hybrids names are upper case, a way of telling the difference in a name, if it is correctly written)