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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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