Re: NE roll call- check/weather/orchid

OK, the Lumina series of Lychnis is a hybrid of two Lychnis species, so that
would be a grex?

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James R. Fisher" <garrideb@well.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] NE roll call- check/weather/orchid


> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:
> > Grex?  Wow, that's new to me.  So it is a cultivar within a cultivar, so
to
> > speak?
> > sort of like Lychnis Lumina 'Bronze Leaf Red" is the red entry in the
Lumina
> > series?
> >
> > Kitty
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Not exactly; a grex name *is* a hybrid name, and Fuchs' Mandarin is a
cultivar.
> Just like your Lychnis Lumina 'Bronze Leaf Red', provided Lumina is a
hybrid
> within Lychnis, and Bronze Leaf Red is one of Lumina's cultivars.
> -jrf
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "James R. Fisher" <garrideb@well.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 4:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] NE roll call- check/weather/orchid
> >
> >
> >
> >>kmrsy@netzero.com wrote:
> >>
> >>>Cathy, I found this orchid frequently listed as Laeliocattleya Gold
> >>>Digger 'Fuchs Mandarin'. Is Gold Digger an alias, a common name, a
trade
> >>>name?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Kitty
> >>
> >>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>Not Cathy, but, none of the above. Gold Digger is the grex, or hybrid
> >>name, while Fuchs' Mandarin is the name applied to one particular and
> >>unique member of the grex.
> >>-jrf
> >>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> -- 
> Jim Fisher
> Vienna, Virginia USA
> 38.9 N 77.2 W
> USDA Zone 7
> Max. 95 F [36 C], Min. 10 F [-12 C]
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