Hi everyone!

I am hoping to someday have some beautiful crosses to name, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on the confusing topic of how naming works. For example, I recently saw an auction for a plant called "Phalaenopsis Corona." It's a new cross, recently registered apparently, of cornu-cervi x amboinensis. This particular grex was called "Lemon Bomb."

It has an adorable flower, and the grower states it was created using the alba forms of both parents (although I think he meant flava, since they're bright yellow flowers).

Now, I actually happen to have these two parent plants. If I were to cross my cornu-cervi var. flava and amboinensis var. flava, would I be able to sell my plant as the "Lemon Bomb" because I used the same two parents (in other words, because I used the flava forms instead of the regular forms?)

Or does the "Lemon Bomb" name ONLY apply to the batch of plants resulting from that breeder's two parent plants?

If I did the same cross and came up with similar flowers, would I have to name mine something else? I know it would still be a Phal Corona, but would I have to drop the "Lemon Bomb" and call it "Phalaenopsis Corona: Yellow Sun" or something? I'm a bit confused about how the grex name works.

By the way, the batch of plants this seller is calling "Lemon Bomb" are seedlings, not clones, so I know it's not a clonal name. Is the "Lemon Bomb" name proprietary to his two parent plants in this case?

Thanks, folks! I'm actually considering crossing these two to make some of these Coronas...they're quite charming!

I'm looking forward to learning about how this all works!