Phrag Yelva Myhre progeny question

[Morja]

For such an intensely colored plant with many (seemingly, to me) awards, it's crazy to me that I'm not seeing more crosses with Yelva Myhre in their background. Did Ecuagenera originally make this hybrid, and thus somewhat holds the breeding "rights" (even if they are unofficial)? Not sure how that works.
Orchid Roots says there are three named crosses out there: Ecuagenera Flame, Jorge Portilla, and Pepe Portilla. I can't find pictures of any of them except for Pepe, which was on this forum December of last year. I am very curious if anyone else has any of these and how they look blooming. Thanks!

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Did Ecuagenera originally make this hybrid, and thus somewhat holds the breeding "rights" (even if they are unofficial)?

It doesn't look like Ecuagenera registered the hybrid. I suppose B. Myhre may be associated with them. The registration goes to whomever flowered the hybrid first and registered it, not necessarily to the original breeder. Off hand, I can't tell you for sure if Ecuagenera was the first to make this hybrid. Perhaps someone else knows.

Either way, there's no "breeding rights", official or otherwise in a case like this that I'm aware of.

I don't know the specifics for this particular hybrid and don't have a specific explanation for why it hasn't been used much for further breeding. I have some assumptions and conjecture, but those types of things are generally not well received around here, so I'll bow out.

 

[big923cattleya]

As far as I know, the breeder, and only the breeder has the right to name the hybrid. But there are exceptions. Fred Clarke for example has allowed the first person to bloom some of his hybrids name them. I think that they just have to check with Fred first.
I know of several cases of some one naming Phalaenopsis crosses in the Naples area. Those were illegally named but once registered and accepted by the RHS, the governing body for registration, how does one disprove it??
When I moved away from there in 2018, none of those instances were resolved as far as I know.

But I would think that if a hybridizer complained to the RHS, they would not register additional crosses from that offender.

 

[tnyr5]

When something is awesome but has no progeny, 99% of the time, it's because it's sterile as sterile can be.

 

[kman]

Oh, joy. A lumber and splitter opportunity. Phrag. kaieteurum is, according to the person I trust on this, Frank Cervera, really just another inappropriate name for Phrag. lindleyanum. That makes this hybrid Peruvian Fire, which as far as I can see has no progeny.

The splitting of Phragmipedium into so many pseudo-species makes the nomenclature of it's hybrids very confusing.