Brassocattleya
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Read about Brassocattleya in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Brassocattleya (compounded from Brassavola and Cattleya). Orchidaceae. A genus established to include hybrids between the species of the genera Brassavola and Cattleya. The following, among others, are offered in the American trade: B. Akebenii (B. Digbyano-gigas x C. Luddeman-neana).—B. Alexanderi (B. Digbyana x C. citrina).— ?. Chámberlainise (B. Digbyana x C. quadricolor).— ?. Cliftonii, Hort. (?.-?. Digbyana-Massia x ? Trianae var. Uplands). G.G. III. 45:34. O.R. 18:48.— var. Wellesleyae, Hort. G.G. III. 51:135.—B. conspicua (B. glauca x C. Leopoldii).—B. Digbyano-Forbesii (B. Digbyano x B. Forbesii).—B. Digbiàno-gigas (B. Digbyana x B. Gigas).—B. Eva (C. Lawrenciana x B. Digbyana).—B. gesneriaeflora (B. fragrans x C. maxima). —B. heatonénsis (B. Digbyana x B. Hardyana).—B. Holfordii (C. Forbesii x B. Digbyana).—B. Hyeae (B. Digbyana X C. Harrisoniana).—B. langleyensis (B. Digbyana x C. Schroederae).—B. Laurentiano-glauca (B. Laurentiano X C. glauca).—B. Leemanniae (B. Digbyana x C. Dowiana). O.R. 11:57.—B. Mariae (B. Digbyana x C. Warneri).—B. Maronae (B. Digbyana X C. Warscewiczii).—B. nivalis (B. fragrans X C. intermedia).—B. Peetersii (B. glauca x C. Lawrenceana).—B. Pocahantas (B. Digbyana x C. Eldorado). —B. Sanderi (B. glauca X C. Schroederae).—B. sandhaghensis (B. Digbyana x C. Setulleriana).—B. striata (B. fragrans x C. Mossiae). Fls. rose-colored, fragrant. R.H. 1903:276, desc.—B. Susannae. (B. Digbyana xC. Thayeriana).—B. Thorntonii (B. Digbyana x C. Gaskelliana). J.H. III. 61:601.— B. Veitchii (B. Digbyana x C. Mossise).—B. Vilmoriniana (B. Leemanniae x C. Mossiae).— B. Wellesleyae (B. glauca x C. Mossiae Wageneri). Brassavola Digbyana, Lindl., is now considered a Laelia, so the above hybrids, under that conception, might be designated Laelio-Cattleya.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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