ONCIDIINAE ASSIGNMENT # 1(Miltonia)

1.	What is the taxonomically correct genus of the miltonias that are endemic to Colombia? Name three of these species and describe their floral characteristics. Name three miltonia species endemic to Brazil and describe their floral characteristics.

2.	In your opinion are Milt. spectabilis and Milt. spectabilis var. moreliana different species? State your reasons and comment on their breeding traits.

3.	State the floral and habit differences between the group consisting of Milt. flava, Milt. spectabilis and Milt. spectabilis var. moreliana and the group consisting of Milt. candida, Milt. clowesii, Milt. cuneata, Milt. flavescens asnd Milt. regnellii. What can be said about their influence on hybrids?

4.	Are there any species that the International Registration Authority of Orchid Hybrids lists under “miltonia” whose taxonomically correct generic name is different from “miltonia”. Give examples.

5.	Describe the differences in floral and habit characteristics between odontonias with Brazilian back ground and odontonias with Colombian back ground. Do the same for vuylstekaras and comment on the differences between odontonias and vuylstekearas.

6.	Give examples of grexes of hybrid miltonias, odontonias and vuylstekearas with Brazilian back ground resp. Colombian back ground registered at the dawn of the hybridizing era. Do the same with fairly recently registered grexes. What differences do you expect between these two groups?

7.	Which of the two breeding lines do you prefer: those with Brazilian miltonia provenance or those with Colombian miltonia provenance? State your pros and cons. What about hybrids with “mixed” provenance (i.e. hybrids with ancestry from both camps, the Brazilian and the Colombian one)?

8.	(Bonus Question). List few successful hybridizers of Brazilian miltonias and of Colombian miltonias, mention some of their most important miltonia crosses and argue why these crosses were important.