Thanks all. Check mailed, no phone calls made, no relabeling. But if I
show a mackayi again, I mean a maculatum, I will label it as Danny suggests.
At least they do not want it relabeled as a Den.

Pat


"danny" wrote in message
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Just label it Zygopetalum maculatum (syn. mackayi). That way you can show
both names and still be "correct".
-danny

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
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Pat: As best as I can figure, the head of the judging center for the
location where the award was given is the place to start. He or she will
send you to someone more junior, who may send you on to someone even more
junior, but eventually you'll get to the right person if you persevere.
If you try to short-circuit the process and get directly there, you'll
probably end up having to climb the chain back to the top and then back
down ...

The name is probably "right" according to AOS at the moment. As a
hobbyist, probably better to just change it (maybe keeping the "old" name
on the back of the tag, in case some taxonomist changes his/her mind).
If you're a professional grower, and intending to clone it, I'd suggest
finding some way to put both names on the tag [either the new or the old
in parentheses or brackets], so your customers can recognize it.

WildCatt is 6+ months behind the changes at RHS, and I really don't see
how they could do what they do any quicker. All these changes have to be
making Helga's life thoroughly miserable.

The AOS/RHS relationship seems to be very elastic -- sometimes close,
sometimes "WHO???"

Best of luck, Kenni


"Pat Brennan" wrote in message
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Last Nov I received a CCM for a Zygo mackayi. I just received the bill
from AOS and the plant is listed as Z maculatum. My version of wildcat
does not even show maculatum as a valid Zygopetalum species. Does any
one know if the name on the bill is right (taxonomist at work) or is
just a clerical error? If it is a clerical error, do I call AOS, the
head of the judging center, or the head judge for the show? Kenni, I
feel your pain.

Thanks,
Pat