They finally bloomed

[RoseSD]

Good gracious!

[Grautier]

I love that green one!

[Roberta]

They look great! See? Worth the wait. Season just getting started.

[Clawhammer]

Congrats! They are beautiful!

[Diane56Victor]

Lovely, particularly like the lip on the last red. Does that one usually open more?

[Cym Ladye]

What are the names of your plants please?

[RoseSD]

Originally Posted by Diane56Victor

Lovely, particularly like the lip on the last red. Does that one usually open more?

I believe they will. Green ones opened first then reds. They are still progressing.

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Originally Posted by Cym Ladye

What are the names of your plants please?

Green one is 'Erin Spring' x cymbidium oak creek "Abernathy'
First red is Cym. Ruby Lips 'Harlequin'
Second red is Cym. Valley of Death '600' x Cym. Sharon Osato 'Mercutio'.

By the way can someone explain for me why the naming of a new hybrid quotes only the last word of the name?

For example, why not 'Sharon Osato Mercutio'?

[Roberta]

There are two parts to the name of the plant after the genus - the grex (the cross, assuming it is registered with the Royal Horticultural Society) (the part without the quotes) and a cultivar name that is a specific plant - a division or clone that is, at least theoretically, genetically identical, if someone wants to designate a particular plant. A hybrid cross is highly variable (like children in a family with the same parents). And the grex name is assigned to any plant with the same named parents (which could also be different plants). There is no registry for cultivars unless a plant is awarded, then the cultivar relates to one particular plant (and divisions/clones). That is the part in quotes. One can give a cultivar name to any plant, it just won't be on record anyplace unless the plant is awarded

[RoseSD]

So in my example, "Sharon Osato" is the grex whereas 'Mercutio' is a made up name?

So when you cross two together to create a new child, what name can you give it so it can have its own unique name?

[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.