Cattleya aclandiae is found growing on tree limbs and trunks in the Brazilian state of Bahia.

It has a very small natural range and is found growing in the wind southwest of Salvador on elevated plateaus that border the drainage of the Paraguaçu River.

Its native habitat is seasonally dry forests between 100 and 400 meters in elevation near permanent bodies of water.

'Albescen' varieties have sepals and petals of light green with very pastel spots and white lips with little or no color.

The spotting pattern may be bold, almost solid in some clones to more 'peppered', with lips ranging from light rose to deep rose-purple.