On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:31:16 GMT, Xi Wang
wrote:

Hi,

There are many variations of Golden Peoker, just because it's white
doesn't mean the tag is wrong....although, there's a higher chance that
the tag is wrong.. Could you please describe the flowers in more detail?

With regard to your cultivar question: think of it this way, when two
people have kids, the are not all the same (assuming no twins).
Similarly, when you cross two plants, all the progeny plants have the
same name, but they are all slightly different from each other. To
distinguish them, they are given cultivar names. Not all are named of
course since there are probably millions of Golden Peokers out there,
but the good ones that have won awards or have been cloned extensively
for whatever reason, are given names. The cultivar, or sometimes called
clonal name, identifies one specific plant or its clonal progeny from a
cross.

Cheers,
Xi


Hi Xi,

Thanks for the explanation.

I wish I had dried a flower so I could look at is while I attempted to
describe it. The best thing I can say is think of the lowest rung,
standard white phal that is for sale at every hardware or grocery
store on the planet.

I can also say that at the one orchid show I attended, it seemed to be
the standard white "filler" orchid in all the complex arrangements.
The usual reponse I got when I tried asking people about it was "I
don't grow THOSE" or "THOSE are cheap and I don't worry about trying
to get them to rebloom." Please note, I'm not saying the people
weren't nice, and weren't helpful, but I got the feeling I was at a
car show where I was attempting to ask Rolls Royce drivers their
opinions on restoring my Kia. Some could talk about mechanics in
general, and some recalled their early days when they started with
small cheap cars, but most had developed long past that stage, and
could offer little in the way of specific information.

Going by memory, the flowers had colouring something like
http://www.1888orchids.com/detail.ph...87&view=detail
although the yellow wasn't quite as yellow. It was a bit more
pinkish/peachy -- although that can just be my monitor/their digital
camera.

I don't think all the petals were as full (or round) as on the one
above. The overall shape was a little closer to (but not identical to)
http://www.doweryorchids.com/orchids...0lowii%203.JPG

The more I look at pictures of plants (and I've been looking at a lot,
especially the ones mentioned in this group) the more muddy my memory
becomes of the actual details of my plant's blossoms, so I may be
entirely off base and could be describing something that doesn't
really exist.

The reason I suspected the tag wasn't the right one to start with was
because the plant I bought was the only white one mixed in a tray with
plants that looked more like those red spotted Golden Poekers that I
get pictures of when I do a web search for "Golden Poeker."

If I'm not able to properly name my plant, that won't bother me too
much. The main reason I mentioned the name in the first place was
because I wanted to make sure that I was giving the group as much
information as possible to evaluate my orchid's situation.

Thanks again for all your help. If I ever get it to rebloom -- which
is my goal -- I'll try to borrow a digital camera so I can share some
pictures with you. I realize it won't be the most spectacular or rare
orchid you'll ever see, but I'm sure I'll be thrilled with it. And if
you'd be willing, you can take a better shot at making a positive
identification of it. Don't worry, I've been on Usenet a long, long
time, and I won't post pictures directly to this group, unlike other
newbies around here. grin
--Vic