Cattleya maxima Cattleya maxima Cattleya maxima is a species of orchid in subfamily Epidendroideae found from Venezuela to Peru. Epiphytic herb with club-shaped pseudobulbs, up to 39 cm. or taller with one leaf at the top (total height of pseudobulb and leaf about 61 cm). Leaf oblong or broadly oblong, rounded at apex, light green, up to 35 cm. long and up to 6 cm. wide, thick and fleshy. Inflorescence stem up to 30 cm long, with 3-6 (upland variety) or 12-15 (lowland variety) flowers. Flowers 12–15 cm wide, with lilac or pale rose sepals and petals, except the lip or labellum,
Portia labiata occasionally jump on an insect. However, "Portia"s are not very good at catching moving insects and often ignore them, while some other salticid genera, especially the quick, agile "Brettus" and "Cyrba", perform well against small insects. When a "Portia" stalks another jumping spider, the prey generally faces the "Portia" and then either runs away or displays as it does to another member of its own species. The webs of spiders on which "Portia"s prey sometimes contain dead insects and other arthropods which are uneaten or partly eaten. "P. labiata" and some other "Portia"s such as "P. fimbriata" (in Queensland) and