I searched through some old IBS emails that I recall discussing this topic. Here are what the pertinent ones said from a conversation back in 2007: (From Alan Meerow) KAVB is the hippeastrum registrar. I don't know if the list is accessible. http://www.kavb.nl/index.cfm?act=Home.tonen No English version of the site. Here is text from their registration form: "Before choosing a name for submission for registration the editions of "The Classified List and International Register of Tulip Names" or "The International Checklist for Hyacinths and Miscellaneous Bulbs" should be consulted. Any name, which appears in them, should be avoided. In choosing a name regard should also be had to the rules and recommendations in the "International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants". A name, which does not conform to the Code, cannot be accepted for registration. It would be appreciated if some bulbs or tubers of the cultivar to be registered could be sent to the KAVB to be planted in our Trial Garden." ============= Two other people commented on this as follows: I believe that the individual who maintains the Hippeastrum registry at KAVB is Johan van Scheepen, and he is a member of IBS. I suggest that you contact him directly: vanscheepen@kavb.nl ============= Before anyone spends the money, which is pricey, for The International Checklist for Hyacinths and Miscellaneous Bulbs, I wanted you have some information about it. I looked in my copy and Hippeastrum is not listed. There are only 11 cultivars listed under Amaryllis. There are 7 species listed under Zephyranthes with only Ajax listed as a cultivar there. I am unsure as to why Hippeastrum is not included. The Dutch also produce a checklist for tulips separately and maybe they have a separate list for Hippeastrums, then again maybe they have only their journal. I have written to Dr. Scheepen several times in the past about Irises and it is always the assistant registrar who answers and it usually takes a month or two even by e-mail to get a response. I have the feeling they are somewhat overwhelmed with work and expectations. ============= --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m On Sep 9, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Gastil Gastil-Buhl <gastil.buhl@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello PBS hybridizers, > > We received this question via the PBS contact form. If you know how to register a new name for a Hippeastrum hybrid please write to Dylan at ng.duy1234@gmail.com (and to the list as well if of general interest.) > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Apache <apache@http://www.ibiblio.org/> >> Date: September 8, 2014 9:29:54 PM PDT >> Subject: PBS website contact:///Amaryllis/ >> Reply-To: Dylan Nguyen <ng.duy1234@gmail.com> >> >> This is a message from the PBS website for gastilbuhl. Hi, I have some new hybrids of Amaryllis (Hippeastrum). I find the way to register a new name but I can\'t. Can you help to tell me how we register a new hybrid? Thank you anyways. Dylan. -- Pacific Bulb Society web site email: website@pacificbulbsociety.org > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/