Many books have been published containing pictures and measurements and nomenclatures for orchids. Looking at those pictures is something that confuse a lot getting you crazy. You can not distinguish anything. Just looking in the same page for the same species you recognize that they are not similar at all and are totally different, and the same for different books. The same species looks different in different boos also. In addition, the names are so many that you become more confused. I t is time to solve this problem , don't you think so?
If the books you are referring to are recent, perhaps there is a third part of the nomenclature missing? Having come across more than one book that leaves out the third part of the Latin name (which, as I'm sure you know, names the cultivar and is often a much better indicator to the plant's actual looks), I understand this must be frustrating.
Would it be an option for you to suggest a subdivision in the nomenclature of orchids based on their appearance (and I'm sure other taxonomical and genetical differences)?
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