How do you find out if a cross has been made and has a name already?

[Laserbeak]

I am making a cross between two Phal hybrids and I wanted to see if had already been done before and has a registered name or, if not, how would I register a new name for it if it all works out?

[cbuchman]

You can Try To Royal Hort Society site at
The International Orchid Register / RHS Gardening

Other program such as Orchid Wiz can also help.

These will only tell you a registered name with the indicated parentage and not if the cross has been tried before.

Good Luck

[Ray]

http://www.firstrays.com/orchidwiz.htm

http://www.firstrays.com/hybridregistration.htm


Ray Barkalow
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[PaphMadMan]

A couple recommendations for using the parentage search on the RHS site.

The database only lists each cross in the original order as it was registered so you won't find B x A if it was first registered as A x B. Always try the other way if the first comes up with nothing.

In most cases, leave the genus blank and enter only the grex or species names. So many species and hybrids have changed genus, and if you enter one the RHS does not currently recognize it comes up blank. You can come up with several matches if the names exist in multiple genera, but sorting that out is usually easy.

Any error in spelling will give you nothing, or the wrong thing, so be careful. Partial words are acceptable but you may have to work through partial matches.

[Laserbeak]

Thanks all!