On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 02:21:13 GMT, "Gene Schurg"
wrote:

Last summer I was at Home Depot and found two out of bloom Ascocendas
labeled Pattaya Beauty. They were a reasonable price and in good shape. I
brought them home and hung them in a tree until it was time to bring them
into the Greenhouse. (I've seen them since then at HD in other shipments).

Now both of them are in bloom with very nice peachy colored flowers.

So I went to the RHS site to see who the parents were and surprise.....they
haven't been registered. A search for Pattaya shows that T. Orchids seems
to use this in their registrations. I believe this is a breeder in
Thailand.

I google search shows a couple of Ascocenda Pattaya xxxxxx that seem to be
unregistered. Isn't this kind of like fraud or something? I feel this if
you are going to market plants you should at least put the cross on the tag
or finish the registration!

Any other views out there?

Gene

Some Thai breeders will register an error not the correct plants
in a cross. Some will just never register at all. They feel
this is the way to keep their advantage. IF they don't register
it you can not make the copy hybrid and undercut their price.

It is a known fact. Only becoming more sophisticated about the
process and the reasons for registering will change their
attitude. They have been doing this for a hundred years... why
should today be different.

We had a really good talk on Phrags and Phrag Hybrids last night.
He was showing us why he thinks it is stalled unless some one
gets the new one legalized or something else is legally
discovered. He also showed samples of plants that were misnamed
because they had to have other parents to have the shape or color
characteristics they have.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php