Cattleya aclandiae Cattleya aclandiae Cattleya aclandiae ("Lady Ackland's cattleya") is a species of orchid from the genus "Cattleya", named in honor of Lady Lydia Elizabeth Ackland, wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet who was the first European to grow the plant successfully. The illustration of the plant which accompanied its first description was based on a drawing by Lady Ackland. The genus was named in honour of William Cattley, a prominent British merchant and horticulturist. "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
Portia labiata they tried, even when that was unsuccessful. When specimens from Los Baños were unsuccessful the first time, about three quarters switched to the other option, irrespective of whether the first attempt was by leaping and then swimming or by swimming only. Before courtship, a male "Portia" spins a small web between boughs or twigs, and he hangs under that and ejaculates on to it. He then soaks the semen into reservoirs on his pedipalps, which are larger than those of females. Females of many spider species, including "P. labiata", emit volatile pheromones into the air, and these generally attract males