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Originally Posted by hannabea
Thanks petdocchild and Paphluvr!
It does look almost exactly like a Phalaenopsis Timothy Christopher. It will be interesting to see what the producer says.
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Probably nothing. Everyone I know who has emailed one of those mass producers (including myself) generally gets no response, or some generic reply. Only one person got a helpful reply, but it was a local, small scale producer.
But yes, it's a bit of a wild west. They can sell named hybrids under a different, commercial tradename, probably because it sounds sexier, or because they can protect that name. They may have done the breeding themselves, but the vast majority of these companies purchase young plants from other companies, and those other companies either import seedlings from breeders in Asia or do the mericloning themselves. Hybrids created by for the mass market generally do not have a proper, RHS registered name, so it's often very difficult to get any info other than the tradename.
I got a hybrid Phal some years ago, that was labeled Phalaenopsis Philadelphia. Since it looked very species-like, a dutch OB friend who bought the same one contacted the grower (she is the person I mention above who got a nice reply), who told her that the proper registered name of the cross was Phal Wiganiae, which is a primary hybrid of Phal schilleriana and Phal stuartiana.
Phalaenopsis Hybrid "Wild White"
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