It's interesting how a discussion of one topic can morph into a very different discussion.
As to the first topic: Let the LA know your problem. They do not want sellers like that---it gives them a bad name, too. Every time I have had a complaint about another seller, the LA has been very helpful in dealing with it. A few years ago I won some plants that were listed as "Blooming Size". They were anything but: tiny little 4" plantlets barely out of the BAP pot. I took pics of them and sent them to Mike. I got a full refund, and got to keep the plants since the seller did not want to pay the return postage. The only one to survive bloomed this year---and it, at least, was the cv. that it was supposed to be. Take some pics of the flowers and send them to the LA. That will help document your case.
On the second topic: I sell thousands of seeds each year. Each seed, if it germinates and grows, is capable of being a "cultivar". Whoever owns the seed has the right to name it. I love it when I see some registered that I may have provided the seed for. More and more cultivars are being registered by backyard growers. Not everyone is, or wants to be, a major hybridizer. Many just want a few that are good enuf to name after a loved one.
