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Miltonia

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Miltonia, abbreviated Milt. in the horticultural trade, is an orchid genus comprising nine epiphyte species and eight natural hybrids inhabitants of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one species reaching the northeast of Argentina and east of Paraguay. [1]

74 relations: Achille Richard, Ada (plant), Andes, Argentina, Arthur Henfrey (botanist), Aspasia (plant), Atlantic Forest, × Aliceara, Bahia, Bakerara, Beallara, Brassia, Brazil, Burrageara, Cattleya, Cássio van den Berg, Central America, Charcoal, Charles Antoine Lemaire, Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, Column (botany), Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Cymbidieae, Degarmoara, Epiphyte, Frederic Westcott, Fungus, George Beauchamp Knowles, George Nicholson (horticulturist), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Humidity, Inflorescence, John Lindley, Labellum (botany), Leaf, Light, Mark Wayne Chase, Mexico, Miltonia candida, Miltonia clowesii, Miltonia cuneata, Miltonia flava, Miltonia flavescens, Miltonia moreliana, Miltonia regnellii, Miltonia russelliana, Miltonia spectabilis, Miltoniopsis, Odontoglossum, Oncidiinae, ..., Oncidium, Oncidium fuscatum, Orchidaceae, Pansy, Paraguay, Peat, Pedro Brieger, Pernambuco, Phymatochilum, Pollinium, Pseudobulb, Rhizome, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio Grande do Sul, Root, Salesópolis, São Paulo (state), Serra do Mar, South America, Sphagnum, Sunlight, Temperature, Type species, Ventilation (architecture). Expand index (24 more) »

Achille Richard

Achille Richard was a French botanist and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).

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Ada (plant)

Ada, abbreviated as Ada in horticultural trade, is a genus of 16 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Cymbidieae, subtribe Oncidiinae, alliance Oncidium.

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Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Arthur Henfrey (botanist)

Arthur Henfrey (1 November 1819 – 7 September 1859) was an English surgeon and botanist.

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Aspasia (plant)

Aspasia, abbreviated as Asp. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of 7 species of orchids occurring from southern Mexico to southern Brazil.

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Atlantic Forest

The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the north to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south, and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera.

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× Aliceara

× Aliceara, abbreviated Alcra. in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between the orchid genera Brassia, Miltonia and Oncidium (Brs. x Milt. x Onc.).

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Bahia

Bahia (locally) is one of the 26 states of Brazil and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast.

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Bakerara

× Bakerara, abbreviated Bak. in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between the orchid genera Brassia, Miltonia and Odontoglossum (Brs. x Milt. x Odm. x Onc.).

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Beallara

× Beallara, abbreviated Bllra. in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between the orchid genera Brassia, Cochlioda, Miltonia and Odontoglossum (Brs. x Cda. x Milt. x Odm.).

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Brassia

Brassia is a genus of orchids classified in the Oncidiinae subtribe.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Burrageara

× Burrageara, abbreviated Burr. in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between the orchid genera Cochlioda, Miltonia, Odontoglossum and Oncidium (Cda. x Milt. x Odm. x Onc.). It was grown for the first time by the American Albert Burrage in 1927.

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Cattleya

Cattleya is a genus of orchids from Costa Rica south to Argentina.

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Cássio van den Berg

Cássio van den Berg (born 1971) is a Brazilian botanist.

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Central America

Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.

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Charcoal

Charcoal is the lightweight black carbon and ash residue hydrocarbon produced by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances.

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Charles Antoine Lemaire

Charles Antoine Lemaire (1 November 1800 in Paris – 22 June 1871 in Paris), was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae.

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Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam

Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Ireland, and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain, (4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857) was a British nobleman and politician.

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Column (botany)

The column, or technically the gynostemium, is a reproductive structure that can be found in several plant families: Aristolochiaceae, Orchidaceae, and Stylidiaceae.

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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), was a nineteenth-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France.

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Cymbidieae

The Cymbidieae is a tribe within the family of orchids.

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Degarmoara

× Degarmoara, abbreviated Dgmra. in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus comprising intergeneric hybrids between the orchid genera Brassia, Miltonia and Odontoglossum (Brs. x Milt. x Odm.).

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Epiphyte

An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.

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Frederic Westcott

Frederic Westcott (died 1861) was an English botanist.

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Fungus

A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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George Beauchamp Knowles

George Beauchamp Knowles (1790-1862) was an English botanist and a professor at the Royal School of Medicine and Surgery of Birmingham.

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George Nicholson (horticulturist)

George Nicholson (7 December 1847 Sharow - 20 September 1908), was an English botanist and horticulturist, amongst 60 awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897 for their contributions to horticulture.

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Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century.

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Humidity

Humidity is the amount of water vapor present in the air.

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Inflorescence

An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.

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John Lindley

John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.

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Labellum (botany)

In botany, the labellum (or lip) is the part of the flower of an orchid or Canna, or other less-known genera that serves to attract insects, which pollinate the flower, and acts as a landing platform for them.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Light

Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Mark Wayne Chase

Mark Wayne Chase (born 1951) is a US-born British botanist.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Miltonia candida

Miltonia candida, the Snow-white Miltonia, is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil.

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Miltonia clowesii

Miltonia clowesii, the Clowes' Miltonia, is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil.

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Miltonia cuneata

Miltonia cuneata, the Wedge-shaped Miltonia, is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil.

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Miltonia flava

Miltonia flava is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).

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Miltonia flavescens

Miltonia flavescens, the yellowish miltonia, is a species of orchid occurring in southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Paraguay, and has been reported from eastern Peru.

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Miltonia moreliana

Miltonia moreliana is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil, The species is native to the Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlantica Brasileira), within southeastern Bahia to northern Espírito Santo states.

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Miltonia regnellii

Miltonia regnellii, the Regnell's Miltonia, is a species of orchid occurring in southeastern and southern Brazil.

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Miltonia russelliana

Miltonia russelliana, the Russell's Miltonia, is a species of orchid occurring in southeastern and southern Brazil.

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Miltonia spectabilis

Miltonia spectabilis, the Outstanding Miltonia, is a species of orchid occurring in extreme eastern Brazil and has been erroneously reported to occur in Venezuela.

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Miltoniopsis

Miltoniopsis, abbreviated Mltnps in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids native to Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Odontoglossum

Odontoglossum, first named in 1816 by Karl Sigismund Kunth, is a genus of about 100 orchids.

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Oncidiinae

The Oncidiinae is a subtribe within the Orchidaceae that consists of a number of genera that are closely related.

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Oncidium

Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae).

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Oncidium fuscatum

Oncidium fuscatum is a species of occurring from Colombia to Peru.

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Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family.

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Pansy

The garden pansy is a type of large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower.

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Paraguay

Paraguay (Paraguái), officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Tetã Paraguái), is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.

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Peat

Peat, also called turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs.

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Pedro Brieger

Pedro Rubén Brieger (born 5 November 1955, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine journalist and sociologist who holds the Chair of Sociology in Middle East in the University of Buenos Aires.

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Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country.

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Phymatochilum

Phymatochilum brasiliense is an orchid species, inhabitant of Serra do Mar mountains in Brazilian southeast and northeast, which vegetatively resembles Oncidium species, however, is more closely related to the genus Miltonia.

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Pollinium

A pollinium (plural pollinia) is a coherent mass of pollen grains in a plant that are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit.

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Pseudobulb

The pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids.

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Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (from script "mass of roots", from rhizóō "cause to strike root") is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.

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Rio de Janeiro (state)

Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil.

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Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul (lit. Great Southern River) is a state located in the southern region of Brazil.

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Root

In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil.

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Salesópolis

Salesópolis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus.

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Serra do Mar

Serra do Mar (Portuguese for Sea's ridge or Sea ridge) is a 1,500 km long system of mountain ranges and escarpments in Southeastern Brazil.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Sphagnum

Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as peat moss.

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Sunlight

Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.

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Temperature

Temperature is a physical quantity expressing hot and cold.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).

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Ventilation (architecture)

Ventilation is the intentional introduction of ambient air into a space and is mainly used to control indoor air quality by diluting and displacing indoor pollutants; it can also be used for purposes of thermal comfort or dehumidification.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miltonia

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