Max, I think the problem is universal due to a couple of things; 1. Breeders in some countries use hybrids and then introgression to get a phenotype that looks like a species but grows like a hybrid. 2. Somebody's best guess as to what an unlabeled hybrid is. 3. Just plain deceit. 4. Mislabled parents causing hybrids that were intended to be species ( I have a beautiful C.Patracinii that I bought as a C.leopoldii (Cherry X Albino ) which obviously has some loddegessi or harisoniana in it. Paul LeBlanc
-------------- Original message -------------- > Hi folks, > Last night at our meeting a discussion came up about the benching of various > orchids for both show and meetings. > One of the things that arose was the number of hybrids that are most often > benched as species. Perhaps owing to the inability of people to recognise > them or the failure to know the difference between a species and a hybrid. > Can any of you folks give me an idea as to whether this is a universal > problem or perhaps just local. Also what if any are the main types of > hybrids that are involved? > We have things such as Den.Adastra being benched as Den.peirardii . > Thanks for any information. > Max Redman. > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
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