{"id":9067,"date":"2011-06-28T14:05:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T22:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=9067"},"modified":"2012-03-14T08:41:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T16:41:56","slug":"hybrid-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/28\/hybrid-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since most orchids sold are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/04\/hybrid-vigor\/\">hybrids<\/a>, let&#8217;s continue the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/category\/orchid-names\/\">Orchid Names<\/a> category with more about them. When a hybrid is a cross between plants from the same <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordnik.com\/words\/genus\" target=\"_blank\">genus<\/a>, it uses that genus name. For example, 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phalaenopsis<\/a> parents produced the hybrid Phalaenopsis Bonita:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phalaenopsis Bonita = Phalaenopsis stuartiana x Phalaenopsis buyssoniana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a hybrid is a cross of more than one genus, it&#8217;s known as an intergeneric hybrid. Its genus name is a combination of the parents&#8217; names:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vandofinetia = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vanda<\/a> x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/10\/samurai-orchid\/\">Neofinetia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/05\/miltonidium\/\">Miltonidium<\/a> = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/miltonia.html\">Miltonia<\/a> x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brassolaeliocattleya = Brassavola x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Laelia<\/a> x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleya<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a hybrid has 3 or more orchid families in its parentage, then the hybrid creator chooses a name (often their own) and adds &#8220;ara&#8221; to the end:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wilsonara = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/15\/cochlioda\/\">Cochlioda<\/a> x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/odontoglossum.html\">Odontoglossum<\/a> x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Colmanara = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/miltonia.html\">Miltonia<\/a> x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/odontoglossum.html\">Odontoglossum<\/a> x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iwanagara = Brassavola x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleya<\/a> x Diacrium x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Laelia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/owensorchids.com\/pdf%20files\/Orchid%20Genus%20Abbreviations%20&amp;%20Parentage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s an extensive list of orchid genus names, their standard abbreviations, and their parentage.<\/a> It&#8217;s helpful when deciphering name tags or exploring hybrid composition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since most orchids sold are hybrids, let&#8217;s continue the Orchid Names category with more about them. When a hybrid is a cross between plants from the same genus, it uses that genus name. For example, 2 Phalaenopsis parents produced the hybrid Phalaenopsis Bonita: Phalaenopsis Bonita = Phalaenopsis stuartiana x Phalaenopsis buyssoniana If a hybrid is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orchid-names"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9067"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9115,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9067\/revisions\/9115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}