Cattleya Triumphans
Submitted by Art on Sun, 11/01/2015 - 21:50
Surrogate Lady
For over 24 years after its discovery in 1866, Cattleya dowiana reigned supreme in the genus as the only yellow-petal species. It was considered the most beautiful cattleya of its day by far, and it soon became the species most widely used in breeding the large flowered hybrids.