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Many of your Cattleya roots are dead from lack of water where they are out of the pot. Do not be surprised if you need to cut more than half your roots when re-potting. Fortunately the cat is healthy otherwise and should do better with a root pruning.
The Den. Comet King 'Akatsuki' is a Nobile Dendrobium and a patented type from Yamamoto. This is flowering season now. You should have stopped fertilizing last August, so certainly no fertilizer now. It needs a month of nights under 50 degrees to flower. Since it can live down to 32 degrees easily (and up to 100) put it outside now if you are past hard freezes.
They will take the most light of any orchid. I have grown them up to 11,000 foot candles of light. They also flower in partial shade, but give it all you can. I do not stop watering Nobile, especially those from Yamamoto. Mine are just now starting to flower in the last 3 weeks, so you still have time for this season.
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