Patty the issues about submitting a plant for to name, is that a person should at least know one of the parents. I'm not sure why this matters but it seems to...I guess its to ensure that there aren't several semps with the same name in people's collections. Its probable that your NOIDs are because a nursery grew the plant from seed and so it no longer looks like the parent but it also is easily possible that labels were mixed up, in which case your NOID is actually a named cultivar, however name is unknown...hope this makes sense to you?? Its a good question! In my opinion we as "collectors" fanciers, hybridizers...would probably want to keep the number of hybrids to a minimum - with only really different ones being named. So - if you have a really cool semp that you grew from seed, and you know it isn't due to a mislabeling, I'd have Lynn look at it (for a start) and see if she thinks it unusual enough...then you can move up to people who have seen even more semps - Peter, Kevin, Toby (at Young's) to see if its worth introducing...several year process is my guess!!
I am really hoping that someone from our group introduces a new semp!!
