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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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