Cattleya eldorado

[Rosim_in_BR]

Sad that this beautiful Cattleya species is not much popular among growers, most likely for its flowers that do not fit to the 'round shape', so sought for by the hobbyists... It's beautiful and fragrant anyway, and here in my area it flowers two times a year (main flowering season in jan-mar, second flowering season in aug-early sept). According to late Prof. Pedro Ivo S. Braga, who had a deep knowledge of this species in the habitat, the same two flowering peaks occur in the wild.