| Yes, I suspect that the Chinese names are horticultural varieties like we see with Neos but I'm not certain. Both the AOS and AOC systems are unsure how to treat these names as there is no generally accepted, universally used way of expressing them. In AOS publications I have seen them expressed as botanical varieties (absolutely incorrect), as cultivat ephitets (in single quotes) and as an additional name tagged on the end. I have spoken with judges in both the AOS system (who deal whith these plants quite a bit as their popularity in the US is really ramping up) and in the AOC system and none of them knew of any standardized way of treating such names.
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