Hello everyone,

A few months ago, I purchased a seedling with an ID tag that only listed the name of the orchid; parentage was not listed. When I got home, I went to the Royal Name Registry (or whatever it is called) and tried to look it up. The orchid was not registered and I was unable to find the parents; no worries, I did not give it a second thought.

However, I was looking at orchid pics online and saw a beautiful plant that was named (no parentage) and wanted to look up its parents as well. Guess what, it was not registered either.

--- The main two reasons for wanting to know the parentage is for keeping my records updated on my collection; the second, is to find out where the plant originated.

My question, is this common? Do breeders often make hybrids, give them a name, and never register the name?