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The list of genera alone currently stands just short of 1000 entries. From a cladistic point of view, the orchid family is considered to be monophyletic, i.e. the group incorporates all the taxa derived from an ancestral group. The taxonomy of the orchids is explained on the page Taxonomy of the orchid family.
Because many interspecific (and even intergeneric) barriers to hybridization in the Orchidaceae are maintained in nature only by pollinator behavior, it is easy to produce complex interspecific and even intergeneric hybrid orchid seeds: all it takes is a human motivated to use a toothpick, and proper care of the mother plant as it develops a seed pod.
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× Phragmipaphium is an intergeneric hybrid of plants in the family Orchidaceae, between the genera Phragmipedium and Paphiopedilum. This hybrid is abbreviated Phrphm by orchid growers and hobbyists. [1] A number of plants have been presented as successful hybrids.
× Brassolaeliocattleya, abbreviated Blc. in the horticultural trade, [1] is the orchid nothogenus for intergeneric hybrid greges containing at least one ancestor species from each of the three ancestral genera Brassavola R.Br., Cattleya Lindl. and Laelia Lindl., and from no other genera. [2]
The Orchidoideae, or the orchidoid orchids, are a subfamily of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) that contains around 3630 species. [1] Species typically have a single ( monandrous ), fertile anther which is erect and basitonic .
× Potinara, abbreviated Pot in the horticultural trade, [1] is the nothogenus comprising those intergeneric hybrids of orchids which have Brassavola, Cattleya, Laelia and Sophronitis as parent genera. It can easily be imagined that a combination of all the desirable qualities of the four genera would be an outstandingly handsome thing.
The creation of a British horticultural society was suggested by John Wedgwood (son of Josiah Wedgwood) in 1800.His aims were fairly modest: he wanted to hold regular meetings, allowing the society's members the opportunity to present papers on their horticultural activities and discoveries, to encourage discussion of them, and to publish the results.