× ''Vandachostylis'', abbreviated Van. in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus for

intergeneric hybrid In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Hybrids are not always intermediates between their parents (such as in ...

s between the orchid genera ''

Rhynchostylis ''Rhynchostylis'' (abbreviated Rhy in the horticultural trade) is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), closely allied to the genus ''Vanda'' (from which it differs in the one-lobed lip of the flower) and comprising four currently accepted ...

'' and '' Vanda'' (Rhy. × V.). It is now the accepted name for several former hybrid genera, such as × ''Vascostylis'' and × ''Neostylis'', since ''Ascocentrum'' and ''Neofinetia'' are now both synonymous with ''Vanda''.

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Orchid nothogenera Aeridinae {{Vandeae-stub