I think Minda was asking a simple question about the way people write out orchids' names that led to the follow up question about what constitutes for a species orchid to be considered a species orchid versus a hybrid.
Since there is already an ongoing discussion about what constitutes a species orchid to be considered a species orchid vs a hybrid, I will focus on the easy part of the inquiry.
The proper way to taxonomically write out the species name to a species orchid is:
Bulbophyllum psychoon (correct!
)
vs
Bulbophyllum
Psychoon (wrong!
)
People who write species names for species orchids with the species portion of the name capitalized often think it isn't a big deal.
Well, I hate to say it, but...it kinda is considering how much confusion it can and has caused!
Most people don't see a whole lot of orchids due to issues related to what kinds of orchids they're interested in, so many people don't see the nightmare it can cause when someone comes across a hybrid with a Latinized name!
Yes, there are man-made hybrid orchids with Latin sounding names. The only one that comes to my mind at the moment is -
Paphiopedilum
Maudiae!
There are many more hybrids with names that look like this. Trust me, it isn't just one or two, there are a good number of them.
Then there is also the species
Paphiopedilum maudiae!!!
I often highly encourage people to observe the correct way of writing out species names vs hybrid names because of this horrible confusion.
So with this, I hope some of the confusion has been cleared up.
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