The old biology book I am using says that the "X" precedes a the genus name
in a multigeneric natural hybrid, and the grex name in a interspecies hybrid
of the same genus, but also says both are usually left out...
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PS. The book also says "In horticultural orchid literature the
multiplication sign in front of 'hybrid-generic names' is usually omitted
in
both natural and artificial intergeneric hybrids." I suppose they are
pointing out by this that this would not be true in botanical literature.
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Thanks, Al.
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Straight out of "The Handbook on Orchid Nomenclature and Registration"
4th
edition 1993
Page 4 under The names of Natural Hybrids of Orchids
there are two examples cited:
"x Laeliocattleya leeana 'Picardy' is the cultivar name of a cultivar
of
the
natural intergeneric hybrid between Cattleya loddigesii and Laelia
pumila"
"x Dactyglossum mixtum (Dactylorhiza fuchsii x Coeloglossum viride)"
I think, somewhere in this book is a paragraph explaining which name
takes
precedence, the artificial grex name or natural hybrid name, depending
on
when the plant in question was identified as a natural hybrid versus
when
it
was registered as an artificial hybrid, but I can't find it.
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I'm putting together a piece on how orchids are named, or should I
say
the
way the names are written, and need some examples of natural
hybrids,
both
inter-species and intergeneric.
I believe that Paph X wellesleyanum (concolor x godefroyae) is an
inter-specific example, but I can't think of any intergenerics.
Anyone know any good examples?
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