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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.
[10] and Burns-Balogh and Funk (1986). [citation needed] Dressler's 1993 book had considerable influence on later work. [11] Genera Orchidacearum was published in 6 volumes over 15 years, from 1999 to 2014. [8] It covers all of the known orchids, including a description of each genus. It reflects the considerable progress in orchid taxonomy ...
× 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.
Laeliocattleya is a nothogenus of intergeneric orchid hybrids descended from the parental genera Laelia and Cattleya. [1] It is abbreviated Lc. in the horticultural trade. [2]Due to the recent decision by the Royal Horticultural Society (the international orchid registration authority) to recognize the reduction of the Brazilian Laelia species and the entire genus Sophronitis to synonymy under ...
Orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica. The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the world. Orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica.
The Orchid Review was founded by Robert Allen Rolfe who single-handedly produced and edited 28 volumes. [2] The first monthly issue appeared on 1 January 1893. Rolfe worked in the orchid herbarium at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [3] but there was no mention in the periodical of his position there and his name never appeared on the title page.