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,
A Flower in a Sinful Sea A Flower in a Sinful Sea A Flower in a Sinful Sea (Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: "Nièhǎihuā", Wade-Giles:, "Nieh-hai hua") is a novel by Jin Tianhe (also known as Jin Songcen) and Zeng Pu (also written as Tseng P'u). The work is a roman à clef. The work was partially translated to English by Rafe de Crespigny and Liu Ts'un-yan in 1982. It was also translated to French. The "nie" (C: 孽, P: "niè", W: "nieh") refers to retributions. The "hua" (C: 花, P: "huā", W: "hua") for "flower" is a polysemy as it can also refer to "woman". In