Cattleya iricolor iricolor" is assessed as vulnerable since 1997 by the IUCN. Cattleya iricolor Cattleya iricolor is a species of orchid native to the eastern montane forests of Ecuador and Peru. "Cattleya iricolor" is an epiphytic orchid with slightly compressed pseudobulbs with a single terminal leaf each. The leaves are narrow, up to 35 cm long and 3 cm wide. Flowers are very fragrant, creamy white or yellowish, 8 cm across in size, with long and narrow petals and sepals, pointy lip; up to 6 flowers per pseudobulb. "Cattleya iricolor" grows in Peru and Ecuador in montane forests of the eastern Andes
Flowering plant in the range of 250,000 to 400,000. This compares to around 12,000 species of moss or 11,000 species of pteridophytes, showing that the flowering plants are much more diverse. The number of families in APG (1998) was 462. In APG II (2003) it is not settled; at maximum it is 457, but within this number there are 55 optional segregates, so that the minimum number of families in this system is 402. In APG III (2009) there are 415 families. The diversity of flowering plants is not evenly distributed. Nearly all species belong to the eudicot (75%), monocot (23%), and