Cattleya bowringiana

Cattleya bowringiana Found in Belize and Guatemala on rocky cliffs near fast moving streams in a humid atmosphere at elevations of 210 to 900 meters as a medium to large sized, hot to warm growing lithophyte with club-shaped pseudobulbs carrying 2, rarely 3, apical, narrowly oblong, leathery, dark green leaves and blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect or nodding, long-stalked, to 25 cm long, few to many flowered inflorescence arising through 2, basal, compressed spathes carrying up to 15 flowers that are not long lasting.

It requires a short winter rest from water and fertilizer after the completion of flowering.