Cattleya crispa Cattleya crispa Cattleya crispa is a species of orchid indigenous to the Tijuca Mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, noted for its crisped and ruffled petals and lip. It is the type species for both the subgenus "Cattleya" subg. "Crispae" and its section "Cattleya" sect. "Crispae". Prior to 2000, "C. crispa" had long been placed in the genus "Laelia" because it had eight pollinia, instead of the four found in "Cattleya labiata", the type species of the genus "Cattleya". In 2000, the "Brazilian "Laelias"" (including "L. crispa") were transferred to the genus "Sophronitis". In 2008, the entire genus "Sophronitis"
Portia labiata from Queensland showed the same patterns of responses between the sexes. Among "P. labiata" and some other "Portia"s, when adults of the same species but opposite sexes recognise each other, they display at 10 to 30 centimetres. Males usually wait for 2 to 15 minutes before starting a display, but sometimes a female starts a display first. A female "P. labiata" that sees a male may approach slowly or wait. The male then walks with erect and displaying by waving his legs and palps. If the female does not run away, she gives a propulsive display first. If the male