Cattleya cernua Cattleya cernua Cattleya cernua, commonly known as the Nodding Sophronitis, is a species of orchid occurring from Brazil to northeastern Argentina. It was the type species of the genus "Sophronitis" until the genus was made synonymous with "Cattleya". Twenty plants of "C. cernua" have received a total of 22 AOS awards. The described flowers range from 1.9 cm to 3.2 cm horizontal spread and from 2.0 cm to 3.0 cm vertical spread. In nature, "Cattleya cernua" is pollinated by hummingbirds drawn to the blooms' warm colors. The orchid's cryptic pollinia (masses of pollen which adhere together) provide an interesting adaptation
Portia labiata of the prey species showed no evidence of affecting the results. Insects were represented by the house fly "Musca domestica". Unlike the Queensland variant of "P. frimbriata", "P. labiata" has no special tactics when hunting other jumping spiders. "P. labiata" does not prey on ants, but is preyed on by the ants "Oecophylla smaragdina" and "Odontomachus" sp. (species uncertain). "P. labiata" will sometimes approach a translucent nest containing another spider, and will usually wait facing the prey for up to several hours. Occasionally "P. labiata" leaps at the prey in the nest, but this is ineffective. Populations from Los Baños