The Cattleya Orchid (Cattleya spp.) occurs naturally throughout Central and South America and belongs to the largest plant family in the world, Orchidaceae. The Cattleya genus is considered by ...

Having won the greatest war of the 20th century, President Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 ushered in eight years of calm and stability — and in the process opened the golden age of cattleya orchids.

Michelle Obama is the 14th consecutive First Lady to have a cattleya orchid named in her honor (above). Last year, the Melania Trump orchid was earning acclaim in the plant world. Courtesy of ...

About 2,000-3,000-foot candles are satisfactory, and as with many orchids, the early morning ... The average flowering period for a cattleya is three to six weeks. Make sure to water more often ...

When the package arrived, those weeds—epiphytic orchids, which don’t need soil to grow—had bloomed into gorgeous purple flowers, of a species later called Cattleya labiata. The flowers ...

Huntington Award from the American Orchid Society (AOS) for white cattleya — also known as the “queen of the orchids” — cultivated in his greenhouse. “It’s a big honor to grow the most ...

The Cattleya Irene Finney is among orchids that will be on display during the Central Pennsylvania Orchid Society’s annual orchid show on March 25-26. Photo provided After several years ...

The titles are straightforward, “Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds” (1871), “Orchids in a Jungle” (1871-1874) and “Study of an Orchid” (1872). Reproductions are available in a ...