About the spotted Cattleya species

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This is only a guess. Some of those become very large plants. A lot of Cattleya growers prefer to have more, smaller plants. A lot of Cattleya growers prefer floofy unifoliates. So breeders tend not to offer them.

Sunset Valley Orchids offers bifoliate Catt species regularly. They are almost always bred from awarded plants. Sometimes divisions of breeding stock are offered.