Cultivar naming convention - allowed characters

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Is there anybody that is familiar with the rules of cultivar names or clonal name for orchids?

So far, it seems that there is no official site in the world where cultivar names for orchids are registered and stored. So, just calling on the experts to see whether or not there is an official system for cultivar names for orchids.

And, assuming there is a naming convention or rules for cultivars of hybrids/grex ----- does anybody know if the cultivar name excludes the usage of dot (full stop) characters?

I haven't seen usage of dots in the cultivar name - so the assumption is only basic alpha-numeric characters allowed, such as "a" through to "z", and maybe "0" to "9". Obviously, unorthodox characters like #%^$! shouldn't be used at all.

So, to keep things short ..... (a purely arbitrary example only) .... would the following orchid name be feasible?

Rlc. Goldenzelle 'Lemon Chiffon m. Orange Lip'

The reason behind this question is only to see where we can actually go with cultivar names. It's not about testing the limits of a convention. Only to establish whether this can be done --- because in another thread, I was asking about naming of stable mutation of a hybrid. So if a stable mutation of a hybrid is found, then there will be options for naming the cultivar --- basically from a standpoint of merely putting a name to it, and also keeping with convention (if there actually is one!).

If allowed, then would the above name violate any convention (if there is one)? The 'm.' is just there for mutation. So the imaginary mutation variant of 'Lemon Chiffon' is the 'Orange Lip' mutation.

Sure --- it might be possible to just go with Rlc. Goldenzelle 'Lemon Chiffon Orange Lip', but there may be reasons to not go with this -as it doesn't inherently indicate mutation of Lemon Chiffon.

And it would certainly be possible to make it Rlc. Goldenzelle 'Orange Lip', but it loses traces of the Lemon Chiffon origin, unless somebody is able to look it up (on the internet or somewhere).

So I guess the main questions are ----- is there a detailed set of rules for naming convention for cultivars for orchids? And is there any official site that registers cultivar names? (I'm not registering cultivars etc at all. I'm basically just interested to see what the details/story are behind cultivar naming).

Also, obviously - if Lemon Chiffon is a registered trademark name, then a variation of the name, such as Rlc. Goldenzelle 'Lemon Chiffon m. Orange Lip' would probably violate laws, and would probably have to fall back to Rlc. Goldenzelle 'Orange Lip' anyway.

My questions above are not about myself wanting to name any orchid officially. It is only to find out what the situation is with cultivar names, and what options there are if we just tag an orchid in a particular way, such as Rlc. Goldenzelle 'Lemon Chiffon m. Orange Lip'.

An interesting link that discusses orchid names is : *click here* - which provides nice information, but it mentions 'combinations of letters and numbers' and doesn't mention allowed usage of dot, such as "m."