Which reminds me of the old joke about the war in Vietnam. A visiting US
dignitary would try to say a phrase in Vietnamese that always came out wrong
because he'd use the wrong tone. Instead of congratulating the Vietnamese
army on their war efforts he'd congratulate them on their ducks. So my tag
may say 'this orchid is dirt', while Ray's says 'most extremely exalted
orchid'.

Or vice versa.

K Barrett

"Steve" wrote in message
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Phonetically, both names are virtually the same. The "correct" name may be
some Chinese symbol and you both have an Englishized version of the name.
:-)

Steve


K Barrett wrote:
Hmmm. I wonder which is right? I got this from my friend Barbara (when
she passed away). Barbara was Chinese and spoke Mandarin (and another
dialect) but that doesn't mean the name was right or it made any sense to
her. It could have been corrupted when she got it. We'd have to ask
around. Maybe I'll put a link on the OGD and see if anyone from Asia has
an answer. All I know is these Chinese Cyms are known by their clonal
names which - from what I gather - are descriptions or poetic phrases.
The names could translate to Heavenly Valley or some such. Kinda sorta
like the Brazilians and their varietal names for L purpurata, but with
more romance, *G*.

K Barrett

"Ray B" wrote in message
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Nice. I have the same plant, but it's labeled as Kuan Yin Susin

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"K Barrett" wrote in message
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A species from China. The clonal name is 'Quan Yin Sue Sing'

K Barrett