Thanks a lot Pankaj ji for immediate reply and convincing explanation. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like a cultigen of a cultivar :). > I get confused between cultigen and cultivars !!! > But I dont think this is Miltoniopsis Hajime Ono 'Black Falls' but > something very close. > They always have a commercial name which differs from the taxonomic names. > Like a hypothecial example, Dendrobium affine 'Amitabh Bacchan'. Now if > someone produces a next hybrid or among the former there is a plant which > looks a bit different then may be he will name it Dendrobium Amitabh > Bacchan 'Avishek'. > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am somewhat confused with cultivar names of orchids. Having known that >> cultivar names are attached either to the species binomial or genus >> directly, I find several cultivar names in orchids for which I don't seem >> to have an explanation, 2 to three word name after the genus and before the >> cultivar name (within single quotes). May be Pankaj ji is able to enlighten >> us and confirm the ID. >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > > > > -- > ****************************************************** > **************************************************************** > *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. > *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* > > *Office*: > > Conservation Officer > > Orchid Conservation Section > > Flora Conservation Department > > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > *Residence*: > House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen > Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] > *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

