OK you get a provisional award on this plant. You have to make a somewhat
decent attempt to find out who made the cross in the first place. Since the
person who sold you the plant is now out of business (let's say - for this
hypothetical) you have no way of knowing who did either the L. purpurata x
Lc. Egerland or the subsequent cross of that hybrid onto C. gaskelliana.
Now you are in the position of registering 2 crosses:
1) L. purpurata x Lc. Egerland
2) that one crossed to gaskelliana.
The form to register a hybrid has a slot for 'Originator Unknown' so you'd
check that box for both crosses.
You could name the first Lc. Frank and the second Lc. Diana. It'd cost you
$25. ($12.5 per) Actually, you don't have to wait for the award. You can
just do it. AFAI can tell there's no clonal name associated with your
plant, I don't *think* its a meristem, so you can give it a neat-o name like
'rgo's k' once its awarded.
Sure, the originator can get ticked that you named the plant before s/he
did, but they could have done that at any point in time, especially as it
had been provisionally awarded 4 years ago. IMHO to make a halfway decent
attempt to locate the originator would be to ask Alan at Gold Country if he
knew. Maybe ask RF. Maybe Art Chadwick. All these folks are available
online and if they didn't know who made an old cross like this then you've
at least tried 3 credible breeders for their opinions.
K
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Right. So, a hypothetical. Suppose I get a provisional award on this
plant. How do I prove that the cross is valid so I can register it? BTW,
Redland Orchids is no more, AFAIK. They went out after the second storm
that same year.
I realize that this is a discussion we've had before. But new wrinkles pop
up all the time.
Diana
"K Barrett" wrote in message
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Then the exhibitor should have gotten it regitsered, but look like they
didn't. The award was given in 2004, so its probably been voided.
K
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Too much to put in the subject line.
C. gaskelliana 'Blue Dragon' x Lc. (L. purpurata x Lc. Egerland).
Interestingly, the purpurata/Egerland cross is not listed in OrchidWiz,
nor can I find it on the RHS site. (I confess that I don't have the best
luck with RHS, however.) But there are plenty of references tp it on
line, including one from the 2004 AOS awards at Redland:
http://www.aosflcarib.org/redland_in...festival_.html . Scroll
down for it if you have the inclination.
Diana