Bolivian Cattleyas

Bolivia is home to some 2000 or more orchids, including of course Cattleyas -
C. nobilior, C. violacea and C. luteola. The first of these grows in Santa Cruz and
I found a great video of an expedition in search of these you can click on here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Uln6zl7R8&noredirect=1


C. nobilior   (above)


C. luteola    (above)
C. violacea (below)