Cattleya guatemalensis

[RosieC]

Thanks Cj, good to know.

So what happens if a natural hybrid is crossed with one of it's parents in cultivation rather than in the wild, does it then become a new hybrid or does it stay the same

As was said above a cross between skinerii and aurantica made in cultivation gets a capital letter as a hybrid, so do crosses of guatemalensis (the natural version) and one of the parent species stay as Guatemalensis or get called something else...

... it's a coplex business isn't it

[Orchidflowerchild]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Thanks Cj, good toknow.

Oh you're welcome. Read up on orchid introgression online. Fascinating stuff.

So what happens if a natural hybrid is crossed with one of it's parents in cultivation rather than in the wild, does it then become a new hybrid or does it stay the same

Then you are dealing with a new hybrid. Gur. x guatemalensis x Gur. skinneri = Gur. Tristan Fitch

x Gur aurantiaca = Herbert Oesterreich

-Cj