47o OR CHID A CEAE 



There are many generic hybrids ; the names of most of those as yet 

 produced, e.g. Orchicoeloglossum, Phaiocalanthe, Zygocolax, are 

 included in this book. Vanilla is the only orchid of economic im- 

 portance. 



Classification and chief genera (after Pfitzer) : 



I. PLEONANDRAE (two stamens). 



1. Apostasieae : Apostasia. 



2. Cypripedileae: Cypripedium. 



II. MONANDRAE (one stamen). 



a. Basitonae (basitonic, anther not falling off) : 



1. Ophrydeae: Ophrys, Orchis, Habenaria, Disa. 



b. Acrotonae (acrotonic, anther usually falling easily) : 

 a. ACRANTHAE (acranthous sympodial) : 



I. Convolutae (1. convolute in bud, with no distinction 



between blade and sheath) : 



2. Neottieae : Vanilla, Epipactis, Neottia. 



II. Articulatae (as I., but with a joint between blade 



and sheath): 



3. Coelogyneae : Coelogyne, Pholidota. 



III. Duplicatae (1. folded in bud) : 



4. Liparideae : Liparis, Corallorhiza. 



5. Polystachyeae : Galeandra. 



6. Laelieae: Epidendrum, Cattleya, Laelia. 



7. Sobralieae : Sobralia. 



8. Pleurothallidieae: Masdevallia, Pleurothallis. 

 /3. PLEURANTHAE (pleuranthous sympodial) : 



I. Convolutae (1. convolute in bud) : 



9. Phajeae: Phajus, Calanthe. 



10. Cyrtopodieae : Lissochilus. 



11. Cataseteae: Mormodes, Catasetum. 



12. Lycasteae : Lycaste. 



13. Gongoreae : Coryanthes, Stanhopea, Gongora. 



14. Zygopetaleae : Zygopetalum. 



II. Duplicatae (1. folded in bud) : 



1. Sympodiales (sympodial). 



15. Dendrobieae : Dendrobium, Eria. 



16. Bolbophylleae : Drymoda, Bolbophyllum. 



17. Cymbidieae: Cymbidium. 



18. Maxillarieae : Maxillaria, Scuticaria. 



19. Oncidieae: Ada, Odontoglossum, Oncidium. 



2. Monopodiales (monopodial). 



20. Sarcantheae: Phalaenopsis, Vanda, Angraecum, Polyrrhiza, 



Aerides. 



Orchidantha N. E. Br. (Lowia Hook. f.). Musaceae (ill). 2 Malaya. 

 Orchideae (BH. ) = Orchidaceae. 



Orchidotypus Kriinzlin. Orchidaceae (n. 8). i Peru. 

 Orchid-tree, Aniherstia nobilis Wall. 

 Orchigymnadenia x E. G. Camus. Orchid. Hybrid, Orchis-Gymna- 



denia. 

 Orchis (Tourn.) L. (BH. incl. Anacamptis Rich., Himantoglossum 



Spreng.). Orchidaceae (11. i). 70 Eur., temp. As., N. Afr., Am. 



