Epiphyllum Society of America

ESA Registration Guidelines

Since 1940, the ESA has maintained and published a register, The Registry of Hybrids and Species, which contains the most comprehensive list of names and descriptions available.

The Epiphyllum Society of America has been designated as the International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA) by the International Society for Horticultural Science.

COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION FORM

Once you have determined that you have a distinct cultivar and selected a name it is time to complete the registration form on the website www.epiphyllums.org under the Registration banner. We strongly encourage all epiphyllum hybridizers to register their hybrids with the ESA. Upon approval of your registration, your newly registered cultivar will enjoy a permanent place in The Registry of Species and Hybrids, and the name you have selected is protected from being registered by anyone else.

To ensure that your name is unique – check the latest Registry and subsequent addenda. Your new cultivar should ideally be unique, distinct, and stable in bloom and growth habit.

MANDATORY: PHOTOGRAPHS

We cannot complete your registration without photographs.
Please include the following color photographs with your registration form:
• One showing the flower from a frontal view
RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
• One showing the flower at 3/4 view
• One showing the flower in profile (90°), including flower tube
• One photo of the entire plant to show growth habit
• One or more photos showing the leaf types (i.e., flat, or triangular) and the crenation (outer shape of the leaf).
Additional photos can be included to highlight any unique quality or characteristic that would help describe and identify the flower or plant.
Photos should be either one of the following image file formats: png, jpeg, raw. Transparencies or color photos will be accepted but color prints (xerox, canon, other color printing is discouraged). Images or files should be labeled or named by the cultivar’s name, hybridizer, and the seedling number (if known).
Photos must be submitted without any digital manipulation.
Color and form should be true to the cultivar and in sharp focus.
The flower must fill but not encroach on the frame area or border (do not crop out petals).

PROCESSING FEE

A NONREFUNDABLE processing fee is required for each new cultivar registration submission. The current fee is $5 USD for registrants who are current ESA members in good standing or $10 USD for nonmembers.

Payment may be made by USD Checks, Money Orders or PayPal. If paying by PayPal please send payment to ESA.Treasurer@Yahoo.com

If paying via postal mail, send check or money order drawn on a US bank, in US Dollars to:

Geneva Bridges
ESA Treasurer
12558 Telephone Ave
Chino, CA 91710

All submitted registration forms will be reviewed by the ESA Registrars and the ESA Registration Committee before they are published. You may be contacted if we need to clarify any information provided on the registration form. You may also be required to provide a different name if it is determined that your submitted name conflicts with any of the ISHS ICNCP rules and guidelines.
Acceptance of all names is subject to review by the Registration Committee. Judgement shall be based on majority opinion as to the acceptance of the name/epithet. Any names rejected may be appealed. Review shall be based on interpretation of the rules and not the rule itself. Submit any request for appeal in writing to:

International Registrar
Beth Jackson
epiphyllumregistry@gmail.com

The right to use any proposed cultivar name may also be subject to copyright and/or trademark rights held by third persons.
While the registrars may reject any proposed cultivar name on the grounds that the proposed cultivar name may possibly violate copyright and/or trademark rights held by third persons, the acceptance of a proposed cultivar name by the registrar does not constitute a determination that such copyright and/or trademark rights of third persons have not been violated and the registrant hereby agrees, to indemnify and hold The Epiphyllum Society of America, its Regions, employees, officers, directors and its successors and assigns harmless from any and all claims of copyright and/or trademark infringement, including payment of court costs, expenses and reasonable attorney’s fees.
Further, the registrant acknowledges that by submitting a photograph of the cultivar being registered as required by the registration rules of The Epiphyllum Society of America, that the undersigned hereby grants The Epiphyllum Society of America the right to reprint or republish such photograph in the online photo database maintained by The Epiphyllum Society of
America; in The Bulletin produced by The Epiphyllum Society of America; to publish such photograph on any website maintained by or on behalf of The Epiphyllum Society of America; and to publish such photograph in any other publication published by The Epiphyllum Society of America in the ordinary course of its educational and scientific activities. The registrant
represents and warrants that he is the owner of all copyright rights with respect to the photograph submitted to The Epiphyllum Society of America other than those rights otherwise granted to The Epiphyllum Society of America herein or by law. The undersigned shall retain ownership of all individual copyright rights in the photograph covered by this agreement
except for those rights granted to The Epiphyllum Society of America herein or by law. The term “photograph,” as used herein, shall include any and all still photography in any format, as well as videotape, video disc any other mechanical means of recording and reproducing images.
The registrant has entered into this agreement in order to assist educational, scientific, and charitable goals and hereby waives any right to compensation for such uses by reason of the foregoing authorizations, and the registrant and his successors or assigns hereby hold The Epiphyllum Society of America its Regions, employees, officers, directors and its successors and assigns harmless from and against any claim for injury or compensation resulting from the activities authorized by this agreement.
Please be advised that from time-to-time computer and human errors may occur. The Registration Committee reserves the right to review all pre-registered and registered names prior to publication of the yearly addendum. Should an error be found, which would conflict with the above rules, the hybridizer would be informed and asked to make a name change prior to
publication. Any errors discovered after publication will be corrected and published in subsequent addenda.
It is the responsibility of the hybridizer – not The Epiphyllum Society of America Registrars, The Epiphyllum Society of America Registration Committee, or The Epiphyllum Society of America – to check for cultivar names which might conflict with trade names, trademarks, service names, and patented names.
Submission of a registration form indicates that you have read and agree to these guidelines and indemnifications.

All correspondence:
email: epiphyllumregistry@gmail.com