Queen of Flowers - Cattleya Orchid Blooms
Flowers of a Cattleya orchid with yellow sepals and petals and yellow and red lip. Cattleyas flowers are often referred to as queen of flowers and used to make corsages due to their big showy blooms. Cattleyas and other orchids are epiphytes or air plants that grow on top of other plants for physical support and are not hurtful to the supporting plants. The image of these cattleya flowers were taken in the Orchid House at Duke Farms located in Hillsborough, N.J.