Epicattleya

×Epicattleya
Epicattleya Siam Jade
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Alliance: Hybrids
Genus: ×Epicattleya
Hort.
Species

several cultivars.

Epicattleya (from Cattleya and Epidendrum, its parent genera)[1] is an intergeneric orchid hybrid. The nothogenus is abbreviated Epc. in the horticultural trade.[2]

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