Flower Gallery / Orchid. A beautiful white cattleya orchid. The flower was introduced to England by accident, when in 1818, William Cattley imported some tropical plants from Brazil. He noticed what looked like a kind of bulb amongst the packing material, and he decided to nurture it in his greenhouse to see if it came to anything. This gorgeous flower - known as "The Queen of Flowers" was the result. The genus was named Cattleya by the plant taxonomist John Lindley.