Most are sympodial epiphytes, or rarely terrestrials.
Odontioda, abbreviated as Oda in horticultural trade, is an hybrid made in 1904 between Odontoglossum and Cochlioda.
x Bakerara abbreviated Bak. is the nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between the orchid genera Brassia, Miltonia and Odontoglossum
× Beallara, abbreviated Bllra. in the horticultural trade is the nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between the orchid genera Brassia, Cochlioda, Miltonia and Odontoglossum.