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Cattleya (The Corsage Orchid) is a genus of 42 species of
orchids from Costa Rica to tropical South America. The genus was named in 1824 by John Lindley
after William Cattley, who received and successfully cultivated specimens of Cattleya labiata
that were used as packing material in a shipment of other orchids. The genus is abbreviated C in
trade journals. They are widely known for their large, showy flowers, and were used extensively
in hybridization for the cut-flower trade until quite recently. Orchids that consists of about
1200 species. (Source: Wikipedia Encyclopedia.)
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