Today I needed to check the parentage of a Sophrolaeliocattleya for a friend
who couldn't find it in the RHS search engine.
To make a long story short, the RHS has adopted a submission from its
advisory committee to accept the Grex name changes made to the Sophronitis and
Laelia families.
The first example, Slc Bright Angel is now Sc Bright Angel because the
Laelia component of the cross has been changed to Sophronitis. The parent
involved is or was, Sl Psyche = L cinnabarina x S coccinea. L cinnabarina is
now a Sophronitis.
Example 2. Since 1961 we had Bc Pastoral. ( Var Innocence ) the most common
here and around the world I believe. Well, it is now know as
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Pastoral.
These types of changes appear to have taken place for ALL registrations from
the year dot. One major problem is the there is NO cross reference in the
search engine. If the grex has been changed it will not come up. Instead of
taking seconds to research a name or cross it now could take forever if you
don't know the new grex.
I have yet to see published in any major Orchid publications, a full list of
the new grex names with the names of the changed plants. Has anyone??
What happens with a Potinara..........???? I hate to think.
What happens now to all the species books written and new growers looking for
info on a certain species Laelia or Sophro under the new grexes, will they ever
find them in a book, I doubt it.
Roy
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