Laeliocatonia is a nothogenus of intergeneric orchid hybrids descended from the parent genera Laelia, Cattleya and Broughtonia.
Today the gardens claim to contain more than 2,000 plant varieties, with approximately 225 types of flowering plants, including 100 species of fruit trees; and over 2,300 orchids, said to be one of the world's largest collections of Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, Epiphytes, Oncidium, and Cattleya orchids.
The conservatory’s collection includes representatives of the largest genera – Bulbophyllum, Epidendrum, and Dendrobium – as well as commonly cultivated genera such as Cattleya and Phalaenopsis.
Cattleya | Cattleya trianae | Cattleya tenuis | ''Cattleya dowiana | Cattleya coccinea | alt=Cattleya dowiana aurea, from ''Reichenbachia'' Series I Volume I Plate 5 . |
Blore-Smith falls in love with Maltravers’ wife, Sarah (a motoring enthusiast), becomes entangled with Mrs Mendoza (Mendie), whose flower shop, la cattleya, evokes Proust, and eventually travels with Maltravers and Chipchase to Berlin, where he observes first-hand the workings of the cinema.
The grounds showcase thousands of orchids, including two-dozen varieties of Cattleya quadricolor and beds of Dendrobium and Spathoglottis orchids, plus a cypress swamp, tropical flowering trees, palms and vines.
Cattleya tenuis, the slender-stemmed cattleya, an orchid species
Cattleya aclandiae ("Lady Ackland's Cattleya") is a species of orchid from the genus Cattleya, named in honor of Lady Lydia Elizabeth Acland, wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet who was the first European to grow the plant successfully.