Do you usually acquire specific cultivar of cattleya species?

[Johndeaux22]

My more recent approach is to (when available) purchase a flask of the species I’m after, sired by desirable parents. Kind of the best of both worlds…if you have the space to grow out and bloom a number of the resulting plants. My collection does contain a number of “classic” Cattleya hybrids, and species acquired as both clones and as original divisions (Roberta is spot on with regards to the pricing, BTW)