This species has large flowers, sometimes really big (the larger I've seen until now had 21 cm across).
The flowers are just like those of its more famous sister, Cattleya labiata, including the double floral bracts, which we commonly hear to say that is a distinctive characteristic for Cattleya labiata.
Here are the type and some of its color forms:
Darker form, which some call forma rubra (in my opinion, it is not correct).
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