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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BigCarnivourKid @ April 17 2003,5:09)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Me too. I want the real thing, not someone's knock-off of it. While I might have the legal right to call a plant that I 'create' a Red Dragon, I feel that it would not be moral. No matter how much it looked like a Red Dragon.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
I guess you have to think about the criteria for naming a cultivar. Most importanty, it should be "unique." If the plant isn't unique, it shouldn't be named as a cultivar. This eliminates all these "so called" forms like "fang," "big mouth," etc. These plants really aren't much different from the "typical" forms.
When Ron Gagliardo named 'Aki Ryu,' there wasn't much out there to confuse it with. Although now there are numerous "all red" clones out there.
It might be easier to think of Sarracenia cultivars. 'Judith Hindle' is certainly unique. If by some stroke of luck, a plant is produced that fits into the cultivar description of 'Judith Hindle,' it can be called 'Judith Hindle.' In all likelyhood, the chances of producing such a plant are slim.
Unfortunately, the nature of flytraps makes it difficult to distinguish one clone from another or even 2 clones as being the same.
imduff
I guess you have to think about the criteria for naming a cultivar. Most importanty, it should be "unique." If the plant isn't unique, it shouldn't be named as a cultivar. This eliminates all these "so called" forms like "fang," "big mouth," etc. These plants really aren't much different from the "typical" forms.
When Ron Gagliardo named 'Aki Ryu,' there wasn't much out there to confuse it with. Although now there are numerous "all red" clones out there.
It might be easier to think of Sarracenia cultivars. 'Judith Hindle' is certainly unique. If by some stroke of luck, a plant is produced that fits into the cultivar description of 'Judith Hindle,' it can be called 'Judith Hindle.' In all likelyhood, the chances of producing such a plant are slim.
Unfortunately, the nature of flytraps makes it difficult to distinguish one clone from another or even 2 clones as being the same.
imduff