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Get to know all about - Cattleya Alliance orchids.

Cattleya , are the classic "chocolate box" orchid with their large, perfumed and flamboyant blooms. They were the earliest of the showy, tropical orchids to be grown and flowered in cultivation. Originating in Central and South America, and named in honour of the English horticulturist William Cattley. The first was Cattleya labiata , introduced from the forests of Brazil in 1818, they very quickly became a part of the Victorian world, as a stunning display plant grown in glass greenhouses and private collection and as a fashion accessories for wealthy ladies on the High Street. Cattleyas form part of a huge alliance comprising many other closely related orchids, the best know of the natural genera are Laelia, Brassavola, Sophronitis, Encyclia, Epidendrum, Broughtonia. These, and many others have been widely interbred for nearly 200 years to produce the colossal range of variously sized flowers that is available. The species in the alliance originate from various...

Orchids in the interior design.

So, my dear friend the magic has happened. You saw a flower and you liked it, or perhaps you went to a Orchid festival and saw the miracles of the nature and decided to take them home? Or maybe perhaps you planned to make your house pure, clearer and harmonious? But the problem always will be where does your orchids fit into all of this? By interior design we should understand it's the art of creating or arranging the living space within a house (or flat) by specific compositions, measurements and elements that will be harmonious and the the sum of all of them will be equal and non vulgar to the eye and well-being of a person to whom the space belongs. Many people don't understand this concept and they overweight the room with gadgets, and clutter they "like" and find necessary to live with, or just because it's their space and they need it. This has nothing to do with interior design to be honest because this concept is to create a live...