Usage examples (24)

• This cattleya ‘Scheherazade’ blooms at this time each year.
• It's a cattleya-type orchid, and it's the first time I've ever been able to get a catt to bloom.
• It's a member of the cattleya family, and its flowers stay around for a good month, and get darker and darker orange over time.
• The blooms of freesia, narcissus, hyacinths, cattleya orchids, and miniature gardenias are often short-lived, but their sweet fragrance makes up for their early demise.