× ''Aliceara'', abbreviated ''Alcra.'' in the horticultural trade, is the
nothogenus
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for
intergeneric hybrid
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s between three orchid genera (''
Brassia
''Brassia'' is a genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species (''B. caudata'') extending into Florida.
The genus was named after ...
'' × ''
Miltonia
''Miltonia'', abbreviated Milt. in the horticultural trade, is an orchid genus comprising twelve epiphyte species and eight natural hybrids. The miltonias are exclusively inhabitants of Brazil, except for one species whose range extends from Braz ...
'' × ''
Oncidium
''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that, , contains about 340 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is distributed across tropical and subtropical America from ...
'').
The name Cambria is used in the horticultural trade.
Description
Plants of the genus × ''Aliceara'' have relatively stretched
pseudobulb
In botany, a pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids. It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed ''heter ...
s, from which the leaves and the long floral stem develop. The
inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
s have from three to seven flowers, in a large variety of colors and shapes. At the end of the flowering period the orchid produces a new pseudobulb that can create a new plant.
Taxonomy
The name "× ''Cambria''" is used commercially for hybrids among genera of subtribe
Oncidiinae
The Oncidiinae is a subtribe within the Orchidaceae that consists of a number of genera that are closely related.
This subtribe consists of about 70 genera with over 1000 species, with ''Oncidium'' as its largest genus. These genera consist of a ...
, initially including the genera ''Cochlioda'' and ''Odontoglossum''. These two genera have been merged into ''Oncidium'',
so the nothogenus × ''Aliceara'' applies.
Other related names affected by the merger into ''Oncidium'' include:
*
× ''Beallara'' = ''Brassia'' × ''Cochlioda'' × ''Miltonia'' × ''Odontoglossum'',
[ now just ''Brassia'' × ''Miltonia'' × ''Oncidium'' = × ''Aliceara''
*× ''Colmanara'' = ''Miltonia'' × ''Odontoglossum'' × ''Oncidium'',][ now just ''Miltonia'' × ''Oncidium'' = x ''Miltonidium''][
]
References
Orchid nothogenera
Oncidiinae
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