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Ten Cattleya species compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs of flowers and colours. An editorial selection, not a scientific ranking. Original video contributions: CC BY-SA 4.0. Individual photographs retain the licences and credits listed in attribution; public-domain and CC0 photographs remain so. Photograph credits: 1. File:Cattleya bicolor Orchi 013.jpg; Orchi; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_bicolor_Orchi_013.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 2. File:Cattleya dowiana subsp. dowiana f. rosita.jpg; Coliner; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_dowiana_subsp._dowiana_f._rosita.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 3. File:Cattleya_guttata_Orchi_05.jpg; Orchi; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_guttata_Orchi_05.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 4. File:Cattleya_intermedia_'Paraty'_Graham_ex_Hook.,_Bot._Mag._55_t._2851_(1828)_(50146215802).jpg; sunoochi; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_intermedia_%27Paraty%27_Graham_ex_Hook.%2C_Bot._Mag._55_t._2851_%281828%29_%2850146215802%29.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 5. File:Cattleya_maxima_Orchi_01.jpg; Orchi; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_maxima_Orchi_01.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 6. File:Cattleya_mossiae_(dew_in_Venezuela).JPG; Wilfredor; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_mossiae_%28dew_in_Venezuela%29.JPG; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 7. File:Laelia_purpurata_carnea.jpg; The original uploader was Cs california at English Wikipedia .; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALaelia_purpurata_carnea.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 8. File:Cattleya_schilleriana.jpg; Dalton Holland Baptista; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_schilleriana.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 9. File:Cattleya trianae Orchi 018.jpg; Orchi; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_trianae_Orchi_018.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added. 10. File:Cattleya walkeriana 'Tocao’ Gardner, London J. Bot. 2 662 (1843) (45664488932).jpg; sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACattleya_walkeriana_%27Tocao%E2%80%99_Gardner%2C_London_J._Bot._2_662_%281843%29_%2845664488932%29.jpg; Whole sharp source photograph fitted without additional crop; dark blurred copy of same photograph used as peripheral backdrop; title and caption bars added.