Naming of Hybrids ( weird/wonderful ? )

[orchidsarefun]

is possibly the most unscientific of all. I can understand when a breeder uses a Memorial name - honouring a person that has passed away, or a combination of both parent' names - but some defy imagination

Phal Ugly Person
Phal Wild Turkey - there is an OB posting. The bloom doesn't remind me of a turkey at all !
Phal Super Stupid
C Oxymoron
Phal Miva Fanny Believe Always
Paph Alien Surfer Dude

I know some names are strange because of the English translation, so sort-of OK.....but...
Are there other strange names you have come across ?

[Ray]

Bill Thoms made an epicatt hybrid that was SO ugly, it was registered as Never Remake This.

Allen Black registered a Phal. Don't Litter. I'm going to have to ask him about that one.


Ray Barkalow
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[nikkik]

Enc. Gay Rabbit, which doesn't look rabbit like to me at all.

[desertanimal]

Originally Posted by nikkik

Enc. Gay Rabbit, which doesn't look rabbit like to me at all.

Maybe that one doesn't reproduce as readily as straight rabbits have a reputation for doing?

(No offense intended here--I personally resemble the remark. )

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Ray

Bill Thoms made an epicatt hybrid that was SO ugly, it was registered as Never Remake This.
Ray Barkalow

Now you got me curious. I really want to see a picture of this one.

Sometimes the names are just done for the humor impact.

I am surprised ,at times, what names are not allowed. For example, anyone with a good deal of familiarity with phals has likely come across one of the "billions" (exaggeration, I know, but sometimes it sure seems that way) that have "Brother" in the name. (The reason for that -- for those not-in-the-know -- is because of an Asian nursery which works a lot with hybridizing phals has "Brother" in their company name.) Well someone had an awarded Brother hybrid and they wanted to name it Phal Brother 'Oh Brother'. The committee responsible for registering names refused to accept it.

[WhiteRabbit]

I like the name "Oxymoron"

[AnonYMouse]

Could Wild Turkey have been named under the influence of bourbon?

I'd like to know the parents of Oxymoron and I can almost imagine what Alien Surfer Dude might look like.

[orchidsarefun]

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

Could Wild Turkey have been named under the influence of bourbon?

I'd like to know the parents of Oxymoron and I can almost imagine what Alien Surfer Dude might look like.

Parents are : C Precious Stones x C brevipedunculata. Registered in 1992. It must be a red as the parents are red and actually very nice.

[AnonYMouse]

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

Parents are : C Precious Stones x C brevipedunculata. Registered in 1992. It must be a red as the parents are red and actually very nice.

I thought the parents might have been contradictory.

[orchidsarefun]

maybe the offspring isn't red !