× Aliceara, abbreviated Alcra. in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between three orchid genera (Brassia × Miltonia × Oncidium). The name Cambria is used in the horticultural trade. Some other nothogenus names which were created for hybrids involving the then-recognized genera Cochlioda and Odontoglossum, regarded as synonyms of Oncidium , are now equivalent to × Aliceara. These include × Bakerara, × Beallara and × Degarmoara.
Description Plants of the genus × Aliceara have relatively stretched pseudobulbs, from which the leaves and the long floral stem develop. The inflorescences have from three to seven flowers, in a large variety of colors and shapes. At the end of the flowering period the orchid produces a new pseudobulb that can create a new plant.
Taxonomy The name "× Cambria" is used commercially for hybrids among genera of subtribe Oncidiinae, initially including the genera Cochlioda and Odontoglossum. These two genera have been merged into Oncidium, so the nothogenus × Aliceara applies.
Other related names affected by the merger into Oncidium include: × Bakerara (abbreviated Bak. in the horticultural trade) = Brassia × Miltonia × Oncidium × Odontoglossum, now just Brassia × Miltonia × Oncidium = × Aliceara × Beallara (abbreviated Bllra. in the horticultural trade) = Brassia × Cochlioda × Miltonia × Odontoglossum, now just Brassia × Miltonia × Oncidium = × Aliceara × Colmanara = Miltonia × Odontoglossum × Oncidium, now just Miltonia × Oncidium = × Miltonidium × Degarmoara (abbreviated Dgmra. in the horticultural trade) = Brassia × Miltonia × Odontoglossum, now Brassia × Miltonia × Oncidium = × Aliceara
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