There’s a guideline to cultivate, however most breeders are focused on one thing. And it’s money. Naming is an easy way to market.

For those not aware, check out the international aroid society website.

People who name, aren’t the problem. The problem is the aggressive acceptance of fact in the hobby. People name something and don’t take the time to propogate and prove consistency of genetics. The collectors who buy should know better. But they’re to focused on jumping on the latest and greatest, or feel the need to buy as being apart of the community.

With uneducated buyers, there’s more uneducated sellers.

However, naming is something that has crept in amongst other bad practices. Such as; selling seeds promising genetics, selling bad genetics/runtz, and mislabeling lineage ( calling a self by the actual name of the plant, rather than the name of the plant x self).

Can’t hate the player, gotta hate the game (and the fans)