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Cattleyas
Depending on the sub-specie, Cattleyas can bloom during fall or winter, is good to use some bloom booster fertilizers to achieve best flowers. If your plants bloomed in the spring, you can use plain water rather than fertilizer, you can start using fertilizer again when they start growing again in the spring. Make sure of get rid of any insects and fungus. A good tip to take advantage of light and achieve better results is to remove all chemical residues, to do this you can “wash” the leaves with lemon juice, this will help a lot in the photosynthesis.

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