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× Cattlianthe, abbreviated Ctt. in the horticultural trade, is the orchid nothogenus for intergeneric hybrid greges containing at least one ancestor species from each of the two ancestral genera Cattleya and Guarianthe, and from no other genera.
The many greges in this nothogenus are among the most spectacular of cultivated orchids. Many are particularly valued for their large showy labellum . In publications prior to 2009, many of these were classified in various nothogenera, including × Brassocattleya , × Brassolaeliocattleya , × Brassolaelia , × Lowara , × Rhynchosophrocattleya ...
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 ...
The subfamily Orchidoideae and the previously recognized subfamily Spiranthoideae are considered the closest allies in the natural group of the monandrous orchids because of several generally shared characters: a shared terrestrial habit; sectile (capable of being severed) or granular pollinia; erect anthers.
The genus Platanthera belongs to the subfamily Orchidoideae of the family Orchidaceae, and comprises about 150 species of orchids.The members of this genus, known as the butterfly orchids [2] [3] or fringed orchids, [4] were previously included in the genus Orchis, which is a close relative (along with the genus Habenaria).
Coryanthes, commonly known as bucket orchids, is a genus of neotropical epiphytic orchids (family Orchidaceae). This genus is abbreviated as Crths in horticultural trade. They are native to South America , Central America , Mexico and Trinidad .