OK, now my friend is getting these with typed labels and the "Aer." is unquestionable. They are coming from a many-decades long time orchid breeder who still has all his encyclia crosses tagged with "Epi. cordigera".

Now I'm thinking maybe he just has not updated his classifications in a while. Is there anything that used to be aerides that was later reclassified as something else? It would be nice if these could keep their heritage.