> A) It is difficult to imagine combining a genus of large purple/pink
> flowered plants into a genus of small red/orange flowered plants?
> would it have been more "acceptable" to move Sopronitis into Laelia
> and have Laelia coccinea and Laelia cernua?
I have wondered about this too. I couldn't figure out why people were so
disgruntled about moving Laelia tenebrosa or L. purpurata into the same genus
as Sophronitis coccinea when the genus Laelia already contained L. tenebrosa,
L. liliputana, and L. milleri. Surely the morphological differences between L.
tenebrosa and S. coccinea aren't much greater than the differences between L.
tenebrosa and the miniature rupiculous laelias. Sure, some people have favored
separating out the rupiculous laelias, but it hasn't been a constant drumbeat
of complaint every time the genus is mentioned.
regards.
Nick
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