I've been on a quest for something "Earthy Looking" for my C. walkeriana's much like growers use in Brazil. FINALLY found an appropriate pot, thought I'd share, if anyone is interested...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/5...

That's a really cool looking "rustic" style pot. Though, if in enough direct sunlight, may actually tend to heat up & dry out a bit too quickly, during summer. Maybe you could, use a plastic liner, for presentation purposes, while your C. walkeriana is in flower. I've had beautiful large pots with wonderful glazes, too, from Thailand & they'd seriously heat up, with much of any direct sun exposure & tend to retain that heat, well after temperatures have dropped, in early evening. It may work, if you can manage to make use of "heavier" pots, in mostly shade, .
But try it, if you like it & if you end up tending to use for mainly display, while in bloom, it may make you happier, while enjoying the flowers too. Perhaps you could even try getting a moss to grow on it, if kept in enough shade & adequately moist.

Cattleya walkeriana thrives in clay pots with just a single drainage hole.
They love early morning sun and bloom both spring and fall as daylength changes. Putting them in with a liner is not a good idea,
They thrive in a basket as well.

The things that they don't like is intense heat or too much sun.

Might use the "blender method" of Plain Yogurt & Ground Moss painted on the pot... then placed under shrubs, in a damp flowerbed... to give it the look... before potting up the walkeriana. or.....

Just let the pots develop Algae empty first...

All I offered was a only a simple suggestion, for -while in bloom-. & not permanently, just temporarily. Besides, living up in Michigan, at your latitude, may be quite different, when an orchid is kept near a window & that pot heats up, in any sun at about the latitude we are at. Especially by mid spring, or early autumn, AC or not. Unless growing in some other climate controlled, shaded greenhouse, of which I'm unaware of.

Glenn, that's a pretty pot and I am sure your plant will be happy in it. Just be aware that when it comes time to repot..you will probably have to break the pot and that can be expensive. My experience with the rough terra cotta is the roots get hopelessly attached to the clay and you end up mangling the plant in the process...or setting that pot into a larger pot so the plant can grow on. I now use a smoother terra cotta and the roots seem to pop off when sufficiently wet..and I just set that into a pretty pot when I am showing it or enjoying it in the house.

I do use similar pots at times. Yes, Cattleya roots will attach to them nicely, but I am not bothered by that at all. I can either hang that pot after a couple of years and grow the plant essentially mounted, or simply plop that pot as is into a basket or a larger pot. Usually medium is not needed. I could imagine a walkeriana or better even a C. schilleriana in that set up.

I was given a bunch of those pots, although mine were smaller, 3", and I was told they were antique hand made pots probably from Mexico. Lindsey and Ursula are correct, the roots really attach themselves to that clay. I found it was easier to just dump the plant, pot and all, into a larger container when necessary. That could get expensive if one was buying the pots. .

I think the "weight" of the pot, is intended, to help with keeping an Orchid, such as Cattleya, from tipping over, as easily, particularly from wind, ( or being top heavy & you wouldn't want that to happen, while in full bloom ! There was a similar one shown, but somewhat smaller, ( & likely much lighter in weight) with small holes, to ,more easily use as a "hanging planter"., as Ursula suggested.
Cattleya do have a tendency to attach roots to the pot, especially if you planned to keep it outside for summer & the thicker pot retains more moisture, possibly if even from just regular watering & in addition to rain, the humidity & thunderstorms.
Though, when humidity drops, quite the opposite, if in any sun.
While, I've tried similar, with slanted slots for air flow & round holes, before & found they tended to actually dry out, a little too quickly & sucked the moisture, from the long fiber moss, too fast, for my liking & dried rapidly..& that may be a problem , if kept indoors. You can always try it & see how you like it.

Oh, I like that posting on the upper left side of the page, the one at $4.99 from HirtsGardens. My orchids will love that. Too bad I have nothing to repot at this time.

Green Barn has those pots in many sizes.
https://shop.greenbarnorchid.c...

ardesia said:Green Barn has those pots in many sizes.
https://shop.greenbarnorchid.c...

Alice... Thank you for the link... will buy from GreenBarn now that I see they have different sizes available After getting these pots, I LOVE Them !