Blc. Loriane Shiria ???

[fredr]

I try to make sure I have the spelling right before I make my own tags and enter a plant into my DB. So I have this tag from the grower which says:

Blc. Loriane Shiria x Blc. Oconee 'Mendenhall' AM/AOS, HOS

The second part checks out but can anyone ID a correct name for the first part? I've found many misspellings on growers' tags and I wonder if this one is simply misspelled or if there is such an orchid.

Fred

[nikv]

This is a Carter & Holmes cross. It should read Lc.Lorraine Shirai x Blc. Oconee 'Mendenhall'. FYI. More than likely, the 'Raye' clone of Lorraine Shirai was used. This hybrid has been registered as Blc. Alton Mote. Or if you want to go with the latest genus name changes, it would be Rhynchosophrocattleya Alton Mote.

[fredr]

Thanks NIKV.

That's exactly what I wanted to know. Now all I need to figure out is why growers can't spell. :-)

[Aceetobe]

Originally Posted by nikv

This is a Carter & Holmes cross. It should read Lc.Lorraine Shirai x Blc. Oconee 'Mendenhall'. FYI. More than likely, the 'Raye' clone of Lorraine Shirai was used. This hybrid has been registered as Blc. Alton Mote. Or if you want to go with the latest genus name changes, it would be Rhynchosophrocattleya Alton Mote.

Actually if you want to really go with the latest genus name changes it would be Rhyncholaeliocattleya Alton Mote. As of last year, Laelias were moved to Sophronitis, and as of March, Laelia and Sophronitis have been wrapped into Cattleya.

SLC, SL, SC, LC all are now just Cattleya.

Or you could not care, and do what most sane people do and call it BLC.