× ''Brassolaeliocattleya'', abbreviated ''Blc''. in the horticultural trade,The Royal Horticultural list "Abbreviations for orchid genera" available at https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-registration-forms/orchid-name-abbreviations-list.pdf is the

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...

nothogenus In botanical nomenclature, a hybrid may be given a hybrid name, which is a special kind of botanical name, but there is no requirement that a hybrid name should be created for plants that are believed to be of hybrid origin. The ''International Co ...

for intergeneric hybrid greges containing at least one ancestor species from each of the three ancestral genera ''

Brassavola ''Brassavola'' is a genus of 21 orchids (family Orchidaceae). They were named in 1813 by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown. The name comes from the Italian nobleman and physician Antonio Musa Brassavola. This genus is abbreviated B. in trade jo ...

'' R.Br., ''

Cattleya ''Cattleya'' () is a genus of orchids from Costa Rica south to Argentina. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals. Description Epiphyte, Epiphytic or terrestrial orchids with cylindrical rhizome from which the fleshy noodle-like roots ...

'' Lindl. and ''

Laelia ''Laelia'' is a small genus of 25 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). ''Laelia'' species are found in areas of subtropical or temperate climate in Central America, Central and South America, but mostly in Mexico. ''Laelia'' is abbreviat ...

'' Lindl., and from no other genera.http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/f5/f56e5ba8-4896-4949-a593-d3e477f59804.pdf

Nomenclatural history

As the name was used in 1999, there were many greges which were among the most spectacular of cultivated orchids, being particularly valued for the large showy labellum. By 2009, the "''Brassavola''" parents most commonly used in producing × ''Brassolaeliocattleya'' hybrids had been moved into the genus ''

Rhyncholaelia ''Rhyncholaelia'', abbreviated ''Rl.'' in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising two species. They are distributed in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Hon ...

'', and the "''Laelia''" parents most commonly used in producing × ''Brassolaeliocattleya'' hybrids had been moved into the genus ''Cattleya''. As a result, most of the greges that were classified as × ''Brassolaeliocattleya'' in 1999 are now classified in the nothogenus × ''Rhyncholaeliocattleya'', although others are now placed in several nothogenera:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brassolaeliocattleya Orchid nothogenera Laeliinae