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Old 29-12-2009, 03:33 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
K Barrett K Barrett is offline
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Default Orchid identification.

David Farber wrote:

Is there a word in the orchid world which is equivalent to the word, "mutt,"
in the dog world?

Thanks for your reply.


We call them nonamis (singular nonami) for 'no name'. Everyone knows
that somehow either the tag was lost, it came to you without a name, or
the vendor never had a name in the first place.

K Barrett