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 spiders, none of which are as dangerous to "P. labiata". The Los Baños variant has a slightly wider repertoire of tactics. In the Philippines, "P. labiata" does not prey on ants, but is preyed on by the ants "Oecophylla smaragdina" and "Odontomachus" sp. (species uncertain), and a solitary "Odontomachus" has been seen attacking a "P. labiata". In a test the ant "Diacamma vagans" usually killed single-handed a "P. labiata". "P. labiata" is one of 17 species in the genus "Portia" as of May 2011. This species has been named "Sinis fimbriatus" (Hasselt, 1882; misidentification), "Linus labiatus" (Thorell, 1887), "Linus dentipalpis"