Cattleya purpurata spike. The flowers are long-lasting and fragrant. "Cattleya × elegans" is a hybrid orchid with a formula hybridae "Cattleya purpurata" (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg (2008) × "Cattleya tigrina" A.Rich. (1848). It is found in South and South-East Brazil. Cattleya purpurata Cattleya purpurata, known in the past as Laelia purpurata and Sophronitis purpurata, is native to Brazil where it is very popular among orchid growers. It is an epiphyte that is found in the canopy of tall trees near coastal areas, in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo. The orchid favors bright
Portia labiata webs to deceive the prey and detouring for a stab in the back. A test in 2001 showed that four jumping species take nectar, either by sucking it from the surface of flowers or biting the flowers with their fangs. The spiders fed in cycles of two to four minutes, then groomed, especially their chelicerae, before another cycle. A more formal part of the test showed that 90 juvenile jumping spiders, including "P. labiata", generally prefer to suck from blotting soaked with a 30% solution of sugar in water rather than paper soaked with pure water. The authors suggest that,