Another hybrid name question

[Shannara]

I looked up one of my hybrids in OrchidWiz, C. walkeriana var. semi-alba x Enc. cordigera 'Hinomanu', and came up with Catyclia Atrowalker. The question is...it says the hybrid is (Encyclia cordigera x Cattleya walkeriana). Does it matter what the order of the names are for the hybrid? My names are the other way around on the tag and am not sure if this is significant or not.

Thanks guys!

Shann~

[Nugget]

No, it doesn't matter which way he cross is made, still the same registered name.

[plantloverlisa]

What Nugget said and sometimes on "The Wiz" when you are looking to see if a cross is registered, I have put it in such as walkeriana crossed with cordigera and not gotten a registered plant, then done it the opposite way with cordigera first and then came up registered. I don't know why, but I do recall it happening, when I was looking up some Paph. crosses.

[orchids4me]

what Nugget said. And that's interesting what Lisa said. I will have to remember that.
Sure sounds like a very interesting cross

[terra_australis]

RHS Orchid Register is the same - crosses are only listed as pod parent X pollen parent so you often have to search both ways to find the hybrid name you are after. In any case, whether it is A X B or B X A the resultant name is the same.

[Ray]

I suppose with the RHS, they merely go by the way the parents are submitted in the original registration form. In the case of OrchidWiz (where I have never seen that), it would simply be an omission, as they try to make sure it matches both ways.

Interestingly enough, some logic states that A x B is NOT the same as B x A, because mitochondrial DNA, coming from the "pod" parent, can play a pretty significant role in the offspring, suggesting they are not genetically similar.

[terra_australis]

I would completely agree with that Ray but of course the current naming convention does not take it into account.

[Shannara]

Thanks you guys. I always thought that AxB vs BxA would be different like Ray said. I guess for now I will put the new hybrid name on it but keep a note in Wiz that my cross was listed the other way around.

My geeks are always so helpful! Again thank you all!!

Shann~