[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

I believe the situation IS that you can argue over the genetics. There is very little difference in the genes, and there are a great many, so that the choice of section of gene to base genus changes on is questionable. This is probably why they have lump so many together. There really isn't the clear cut differences that we would have hoped for. They should have waited until their work on the various regions of the genes was more comprehensive. My preference would have been to put the Mexican Laelias into Laelia, and refer to every other Laelia as Pseudolaelia, and leave the Sophs alone.