Nancy, Natural hybrids have been a little confused over the years. Let me explain how I understand it now. Natural hybrids found in nature are not capitalized but have an 'X' placed before the grex name (unfortunately this is ignored by most orchid growers). Man made natural hybrids are capitalized. If the naturally occurring natural hybrid is discovered and named before the same man made combination is made and named, then both carry the same name. One with and 'X' before the grex name and not capitalized the other capitalized. If however, the reverse(natural hybrid found and named after the man made hybrid) is true then you may have two different names. If you would like to read up on this, a more detailed explanation can be found in "The Handbook on Orchid Nomenclature and Registration" by the International Orchid Commission.
Reciprocal hybrids carry the same names. However, my understanding is that the Orchid Registrar of the RHS recently tried to change this and actually recorded some reciprocal hybrids with different names, but was convinced not to do so and corrected those already published. So that may be where some of the confusion comes from. icones > Hello - > Last week I asked if the names of naturally-occuring > hybrids are written with upper or lower case; any > clues? > Also, I have a plant labeled V. Fuch's Delight x Vanda > coerulea; with the parents in the opposite order, this > is Vanda Motes Indigo...I think it would have the same > name either way, correct? > Thanks - Nancy > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > "It isn't enough for your heart to break > because everybody's heart is broken now." > ------Allen Ginsberg > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who > knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
