1980s-1990s cattleya mail order catalogs

[piping plover]

Anyone familiar with 1980s-1990s era mail order catalog companies selling cattleyas? Pre-internet days. I’m desperately trying to find the name of a cattleya I bought in 1988-1990 from a very reputable, big orchid grower in CA via mail order catalog. I recall a high quality glossy color catalog of cattleya blooms; front cover included two initials. I’ve researched and I think it may be the former Rod McLellan Company, Acres of orchids in San Francisco. Is anyone familiar with their old catalogs and Did they ever go by R & M ORCHIDS? Or similar? That may be the initials I am remembering.

Anyone know of a company that would fit this description? Hoping that there were not dozens of CA companies meeting this same description.

If I can get some confirmation on here in the orchid community I’ll know what my next steps are. Perhaps someone still has an old catalog (stored along with decades of National Geographic magazines) in their attic. I am thinking of contacting also the “new” Rod McLellan Co., San Mateo, CA to see if they can send any PDFs from archived catalogs.

I lost the tag decades ago; it is still the best purple cattleya I’ve seen anywhere. I knew I liked it for a reason 30 years ago.

Thanks in advance for any assistance and sorry for the long post.