Taxonomy Question

[shakkai]

I have been doing some name looking up to see if any of the seedlings I have actually have registered names (the labels I have just list the crosses).

I think I have most figured out, two seem to still be unregistered, and two I still have questions about... which is where you guys come in!

Two of the plants I have are listed as crosses involving Paph.purpurescens.

One is (purpurescens ‘Pink Edge’ x charlesworthii ‘Wubben’) which is listed as Tinfire.

The one I am struggling with is (purpurescens x venustum var. pardinum) - now some sources just say that purpurescens is a syn. of javanicum, others say it is specifically javanicum var. virens which, to make things more confusing, was just Paph. virens for some registrations, it seems. So, if the purpurescens used was javanicum, then the above cross is Schrat. However, if the purpurescens is actaully javanicum var. virens (or just virens) then the above cross is Venus Legend.

So, what is my little seedling???

[cneos]

Schrat or Venus Legend? You should check with the vendor from whom you bought your seedling for more info on which variety of purpurescens was used

[shakkai]

I'm not sure it is the variety of purpurescens that is in question. As far as I know, while there may be named clones of purpurescens, there aren't any different varieties. (Of course, I could be totally wrong about that!)

I guess the question in my mind is which is the correct syn. of purpurescens. Is it simply javanicum? Or is it javanicum var. virens - which seems to have just been called virens (certainly for registration purposes)?