Tee, Another tip about the way the system works.
Series names are not added to the "displayed name" when no Trade name is listed. In other words, a Series name and a Cultivar name do not display together.
ex.
Viola Angel™ Amber Kiss
To be displayed like this you would be enter;
Latin name: Viola
Cultivar Name: Amber Kiss
Series name: Angel™
Trade name: Amber Kiss
Frankly there is the assumption that Amber Kiss is a cultivar name. We don't know that, see below.
Another common occurrence is a plant where the Latin name and a Trade name are known. We know it's a Trade name because it's trademarked (Cultivar names can't be trademarked). Breeders often don't publish Cultivar names but use the Trade names instead. If the plant is PPAF, they usually wait for the patent application to be approved and only then list the patented Cultivar name.
Please note that all varieties must have a Cultivar name! A Trade name alone is not accepted. Because of this state of affairs when a plant is proposed and the name is trademarked, you must include that name in the Cultivar
and Trade name fields. Consider the Cultivar name a placeholder until (if) the true Cultivar name is known.
ex.
Grandiflora Petunia (Petunia Ultra™ Crimson Star) In this case Ultra could be a Series name, Crimson Star could be a cultivar name or Trade name but Ultra™ Crimson Star cannot be a Cultivar name because of the trademark.
Plants with active registration authorities are more easily dealt with but this system allows users to propose plants for which dinitive information is not available.
