Subtribe: LAELIINAE

Subtribe: Laeliinae: over 1400 species, mostly tropical American epiphytes, in 43 genera. It contains more than 25% (136) of all hybrid genera.

Alliance: Isochilus

Genera:
Hexisea Lindl., included (now synonyms) Costaricaea Schltr., Euothonaea Rchb.f., Isochilus R.Br.

Alliance: Cattleya

Genera:
Brassavola R.Br., included (now synonyms) Eudisanthema Neck. ex Post & Kuntze, Lysimnia Raf., Tulexis Raf.
Broughtonia R.Br., included (now synonyms) Cattleyopsis Lem., Laeliopsis Lindl. & Paxton
Cattleya Lindl., included (now synonyms) Maelenia Dumort.
Encyclia Hook., included (now synonyms) Amblostoma Scheidw., Dinema Lindl., Hormidium (Lindl.) Heynh., Sulpitia Raf.
Laelia Lindl., included (now synonyms) Amalia Rchb.
Rhyncholaelia Schltr.
Schomburgkia Lindl.
Sophronitis Lindl., included (now synonyms) Lophoglottis Raf., Sophronia Lindl.
Guarianthe Dressler & W.E. Higgins (2003)

Alliance: Barkeria

Genera:
Barkeria Knowles & Westc.
Caularthron Raf., included (now synonyms) Diacrium (Lindl.) Benth.

Alliance: Epidendrum

Genera:
Epidendrum Jacq., included (now synonyms) Amphiglottis Salisb., Anacheilium Hoffmanns., Anocheil' Hoffmanns. ex Rchb., Auliza Small, Coilostylis Raf., Didothion Raf.,, Diothonea Lindl., Dothilophis Raf., Doxosma Raf., Epicladium Small, Epidanthus L.O.Williams, Epidendropsis Garay & Dunst., Exophya Raf., Hemiscleria Lindl., Kalopternix Garay & Dunst., Lanium (Lindl.) Benth., Larnandra Raf., Microepidendrum Brieger (nom. inval.), Minicolumna Brieger (nom. inval.), Nanodes Lindl., Neolehmannia Kraenzl., Neowilliamsia Garay, Nyctosma Raf., Phadrosanthus Neck. ex Raf., Physinga Lindl., Pleuranthium Benth., Prosthechea Knowles & Westc., Pseudepidendrum Rchb.f., Seraphyta Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Spathiger Small, Stenoglossum Kunth, Tritelandra Raf.

Alliance: Leptotes

Genera:
Leptotes Lindl.

Alliance: Neocogniauxia

Genera:
Neocogniauxia Schltr.
Dilomilis Raf.
Tomzanonia Nir
Arpophyllum. La Llave & Lex.

Alliance: hybrids

Genera:
Brassocattleya hort.
Brassoepidendrum hort.
Brassolaeliocattleya hort.
Cattleytonia hort.
Epicattleya hort.
Epilaeliocattleya hort.
Hawkinsara hort.
Laeliocatonia hort.
Laeliocattleya hort. ex Rolfe
Otaara hort.
Potinara hort.
Schombocattleya hort.
Sophrocattleya hort.
Sophrolaelia hort.
Sophrolaeliocattleya hort.