Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:50:23 -0800 (PST) From: leosong@fullerton.edu (Leo or Marybeth Song) To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg710$foo@default> Subject: Re: CP # 1366 Crosses
Dear list:
I have been following the cultivar thread and Peter's comments have
prompted me to answer with a few comments of my own.
Since I archive all the exchange publications, including the
Journal of the Insectivorous Society of Japan, I have been following their
descriptions of new cultivars. One series are the 'koto' crosses made at
the Kyoto School of Agriculture beginning in 1978. The descriptions of
each 'koto' is actually the name of a cross, with numbered individuals from
that cross being described.
For example, there have been several Accentual Koto's described as
AK #1, AK #2, etc. I guess the cross that created Accentual Koto
(thorellii X X Hookeriana) is what the orchid hybridizers call a grex-
similar to a surname. All crosses between thorellii and hookeriana would
be a grex called Accentual Koto, since the cross was first named and
published as such, and a notable individual would be given a first name.
I'm not sure of what the final full name would be, but it seems to make
sense that where many numbered individuals from a cross has already been
published that ICPS should consider the status of grexes.
Jan, what are your thoughts on this? I am preparing a list of all
the kotos so that the database can be updated as these crosses seem to
satisfy the criteria of a published description (even though they're in
Japanese and I can't read them).
Regards, Leo
Leo C. Song, Jr.
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