Did you know orchid hybrids are identified by a Grex name?
A grex name is usually chosen and registered by the hybridizer. The word grex has its genealogy from Greece meaning flock or group and it refers to all offspring as well as the subsequent offspring of a hybrid cross.
Whether the orchid is produced by seed, or cuttings, or keiki; and regardless of its variations in form and color, all offspring share a common lineage, the same parentage, and thus are members of a common grex.
Cultivars may be given individual names, but the grex name will precede them when classified. E.g. Phalaenopsis HiLo Lip ‘Candor Violette’, where the grex name is HiLo Lip.
