Viewing post #2185813 by Frillylily

MrKGDickie said:We're on the same page, Mike! I wouldn't call something by a name other than the one registered, either.

I do feel weird, particularly when raving about my mysterious, literally and figuratively prolific, yet unregistered 'Maya Purple'. It was purchased at Lowe's in the very late 90s/early 00s. It just seems so weird that a grower for a chain that big would market an unregistered cultivar.

Now, there IS an older cultivar named 'Maya'. The AHS color description, though, just says "medium self." It doesn't say medium WHAT COLOR self lol. It looks like the hybridizer may have submitted a less-than-stellar description way back in 1969.

I guess it's possible I misread the tag way back when, and that it said 'Maya' and noted that it was purple. I noted the name in my notes, though, and included it in multiple photo captions on Facebook. This one will forever remain a mystery!

At any rate, thanks for the coolness of this post...and for that pic of the very beautiful 'Golliwog', Frillylily!

it may be a registered cultivar that they renamed to 'whatever' and sold. They do that sometimes. Then when you look up the name, you discover it doesn't exist.