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Okay sometimes Plant Taxonomy and orchid names can be confusing!!:crazy::crazy: This has nothing to do with Phrags or Paphs, but with Cattleyas.
Look at the following example:
At one point Cattleya dowiana, native to Costa Rica, and Cattleya aurea, native to Colombia were considered one and the same species, so they were both called Cattleya dowiana, the Colombian species was often called Cattleya dowiana var. aurea. Now taxonomists (including the RHS for orchid registration purposes) consider them as distinct species, but because at one time they were considered the same species, this is what has created some confusion:
"Cattleya x hardyana" is the natural hybrid between Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya aurea (as both species are native to Colombia). You would think that the natural hybrid Cattleya x hardyana would have the same species parents as the man made hybrid Cattleya Hardyana, but NO, I was just replating a cross I made between Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya aurea, and according to the RHS it should be "Cattleya Semontiana". According to the RHS, the man made hybrid "Cattleya Hardyana" is a hybrid between Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya dowiana.
To make it even more complex, Cattleya Hardyana is also the man made cross between Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya purpurata (formely known as Laelia purpurata) and Cattleya Hardyana is also the man made cross between Cattleya aclandiae and Cattleya coccinea (formely known as Sophronitis coccinea).
Are you as :crazy::crazy: I am??
Robert
Look at the following example:
At one point Cattleya dowiana, native to Costa Rica, and Cattleya aurea, native to Colombia were considered one and the same species, so they were both called Cattleya dowiana, the Colombian species was often called Cattleya dowiana var. aurea. Now taxonomists (including the RHS for orchid registration purposes) consider them as distinct species, but because at one time they were considered the same species, this is what has created some confusion:
"Cattleya x hardyana" is the natural hybrid between Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya aurea (as both species are native to Colombia). You would think that the natural hybrid Cattleya x hardyana would have the same species parents as the man made hybrid Cattleya Hardyana, but NO, I was just replating a cross I made between Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya aurea, and according to the RHS it should be "Cattleya Semontiana". According to the RHS, the man made hybrid "Cattleya Hardyana" is a hybrid between Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya dowiana.
To make it even more complex, Cattleya Hardyana is also the man made cross between Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya purpurata (formely known as Laelia purpurata) and Cattleya Hardyana is also the man made cross between Cattleya aclandiae and Cattleya coccinea (formely known as Sophronitis coccinea).
Are you as :crazy::crazy: I am??
Robert