You are correct!!

Truth in naming NOW!!!

Uniformity NOW!!!

Frosted Mini Wheats NOW!!!

Diana


"al" wrote in message news:es1Pg.259$uj3.187@trnddc08...
If they are to be taken seriously, rants should contain more words, more
words IN CAPITOLS and a few exclamation point!!!!
All the question marks were a good idea. Makes you sound desperate.

Colmanara Wildcatts have not been Colmanara for more than a year now
because some of the species in it's background got moved into new genera.
I am sure we can find evidence that the editors of "Orchids" have been
asleep for more than one issue.

There is a wide gulf between taxonomy and horticulture and the hort
industry watches the scientists, but doesn't always rush out to change
tags when one publishes a paper. If the AOS editors can not even keep
up...

"They" could have at least changed it to something pronounceable.
"How do you pronounce 'C-a-t-t-l-e-y-a aurantiaca'?
"I say Gawr-eee-ANTH-ee aurantica, but pronunciation advice is like asking
for culture advice; no two orchid growers agree."

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
news
Have you seen the current issue of Orchids? Have you? Did you know that
aurantiaca and skinneri are no longer Cattleyas? Huh? Huh? Ditto
bowringiana.

And on pg. 659 - top right photo and lower half of the page - what kind
of labeling is that?

"Guarianthe (syn. Cattleya) x guatemalensis 'Barbara Sullivan' CCM/AOS
(skinneri x aurantiaca)"

And on pg 661, they identify bowringiana in one picture as "C." and in
the one below as Guarianthe (syn. Cattleya).

This is getting stupid.

Diana