Cattleya rex Cattleya rex Cattleya rex is a species of epiphytic orchid of showy white flowers, native to montane forests in Peru and Bolivia. Epiphytic herb with cylindric or spindle-shaped pseudobulbs, up to 35 cm. high, with one leaf at the top. Leaf oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, light green, up to 35 cm. long and up to 6 cm. wide, coriaceous. Inflorescence up to 20.3 cm. high, with 3 to 6 (or 10) flowers. Flowers large and showy, up to 17 cm wide, with sepals and petals being cream-colored or ivory white, except the lip or labellum, which is colored with yellow,
The Torment of a Flower The Torment of a Flower The Torment of a Flower (), also known as Rainy Night Flower, is a Taiwanese Hokkien song composed by Teng Yu-hsien (; 1906 - 1944) and written by Chou Tien-wang (). A Taiwanese writer Liau Han-sin (廖漢臣) wrote the lyrics of a children's song ""Spring"" (春天) and gave it to Teng Yu-hsien to ask him to compose for it, it's the earliest version of "The Torment of a Flower." Although Teng is a Hakkan, he usually composed with Taiwanese Hokkien but not Hakkan. It is worth noting that some scholars have questioned this story about