When is an orchid considered a species?

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Yes, at first it was difficult to confirm, but Phal x leucorrhoda is supposed to be a natural hybrid.

If memory serves correct, (if I'm wrong, somebody can post the correction), the 2 species that make up Phal x leucorrhoda are said to be:

1.) Phal amabilis
2.) Phal stuartiana


If memory serves me correctly, (again, if I'm wrong, somebody can post the correction), Phal x gernotii is said to be a natural hybrid between:

1.) Phal amboinensis
2.) Phal venosa


If these hybrids were artificially made, I don't know how the naming would go...

i think everyone has answered the original question very well (asside from random unprovoked attacks...)

phillip, i have a question about the natural hybrids! is it

A) Phalaenopsis Xleucorrhoda
B) Phalaenopsis X leucorrhoda
OR
C) Phalaenopsis Xleucorrhoda

?

also, there is another phal natural hybrid, its Phal Xintermedia that is P. aphrodite XP. equestris. the man made hybrid name is Phal. Intermedia

[lambelkip]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Maybe I spelled it wrong or something. There is a natural cross with Phal venosa in it. I don't recall if it was Phal amboinensis or another one of its close relatives.

Oak Hill Gardens had some for sale a long while ago.

It might be spelled right. Neither Kew or the RHS has a record of any natural hybrid involving venosa, so it may just be a recently discovered hybrid. Phal venosa itself was not discovered until 1983

Originally Posted by Call_Me_Bob

i think everyone has answered the original question very well (asside from random unprovoked attacks...)

phillip, i have a question about the natural hybrids! is it

A) Phalaenopsis Xleucorrhoda
B) Phalaenopsis X leucorrhoda
OR
C) Phalaenopsis Xleucorrhoda

?

it's traditionally a multiplication sign, not the letter x:
Phalaenopsis ×leucorrhoda

if you can't type the multiplication sign, or you're worried that it might not show up properly on other peoples computers, type the letter x with a space after it:
Phalaenopsis x leucorrhoda

for naturally occuring plants, the rules are defined in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants

for man-made hybrids and named clones, the rules are defined in the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants