× ''Miltonidium'', abbreviated as ''Mtdm.'' in the horticultural trade, is the
nothogenus
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s between the
orchid
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genera ''
Miltonia
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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 ...
synonyms
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Taxonomy
The nothogenus (hybrid genus) name × ''Miltonidium'' was first published in 1936, for hybrids between ''Miltonia'' and ''Oncidium''. The first hybrid registered in this nothogenus was × ''Miltonidium'' Aristocrat in 1940. , both of its parents were placed in ''Oncidium'' so the correct name of the grex became ''Oncidium'' Aristocrat.
Other changes to the
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of the genus ''Oncidium'' have caused changes to the nomenclature of nothogenera. The genus ''
Gomesa
''Gomesa'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to South America. The genus is abbreviated as ''Gom''.× ''Gomonia''. For example, ''Gomonia'' Mateus Pomini Uel, generated from '' Miltonia regnellii'' × '' Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani'', two native Brazilian orchids, was placed in × ''Miltonidium'' when ''Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani'' was known by its synonym ''Oncidium imperatoris-maximiliani''.
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sank ''Cochlioda'' and ''Odontoglossum'' within ''Oncidium''. Some other nothogenera then have the same parent genera as × ''Brassidium''.
× ''Burrageara''
× ''Burrageara'', abbreviated ''Burr.'' in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus for hybrids between the orchid genera ''Cochlioda'', ''Miltonia'', ''Odontoglossum'' and ''Oncidium''. It was grown for the first time by the American Albert Burrage in 1927, and named after him. When ''Cochlioda'' and ''Odontoglossum'' are synonymized with ''Oncidium'', the parents of × ''Burrageara'' become just ''Miltonia'' and ''Oncidium''. For example, the grex name × ''Burrageara'' Helen Kelley is a synonym of × ''Miltonidium'' Helen Kelley. Its parents include '' Oncidium hastatum'' and '' Oncidium noezlianum'', previously placed in ''Odontoglossum'' and ''Cochlioda'' respectively.
× ''Odontonia''
× ''Miltonidium'' Candy Harry is a hybrid between '' Miltonia candida'' and '' Oncidium harryanum''. The latter was previously known as ''Odontoglossum harryanum'', so the hybrid was known by the synonym × ''Odontonia'' Candy Harry.