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Dragon Labeling
« Thread Started on Apr 14, 2008, 8:58am »
What is the correct way to label Red Dragon et al.?
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Re: Dragon Labeling
« Reply #1 on Apr 14, 2008, 9:12am »
N. Red Dragon or N. x red dragon
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Re: Dragon Labeling
« Reply #2 on Apr 14, 2008, 9:24am »
Thank you. So it is just a name given to select clones of the cross and put into tissue culture? What is it when a name is put in quotations? (not cultivars in single quotes).
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Re: Dragon Labeling
« Reply #3 on Apr 14, 2008, 9:46am »
Red Dragon is a particular clone from the thorelii (d) x truncata grex. Everything labeled thorelii (d) x truncata is from seed, while Red Dragon is a single clone from TC.

Names aren't supposed to be put into quotations anymore. The proper naming conventions are:
for species: N. gracilis
natural hybrids: N. cantleyi or N. bicalcarata x gracilis (or the reciprocal)
horticultural hybrids: N. Dyeriana or N. x dyeriana

If you include the X, there MUST be a space between it and the name of the plant. One of my pet peeves is seeing people write "N. xtrusmadiensis". That you mean you'd pronounce the x, which is not correct.

The only time quotes should be included are when naming specific traits/properties, i.e. N. gracilis "sport". However, varietal and subspecies names never use quotes, but are not in italics IIRC, i.e. N. mirabilis var. echinostoma



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Re: Dragon Labeling
« Reply #4 on Apr 14, 2008, 10:13am »
Perfect. Now why wasn't there a nice webpage with all that information when I searched for an hour?! lol. Thanks for the help. « Last Edit: Apr 14, 2008, 10:13am by wolfbrother »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged