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 is about equally effective with all sizes of web spiders up to twice "P. labiata"′s size. A female "P. labiata" is effective against insects up to twice "P. labiata"′s size when the insect is stuck in a non-salticid's web, and against insects not in webs and up to "P. labiata"′s size, while "P. labiata" seldom pursues or catches a larger insect in the open. A female "P. labiata" very seldom pursues or catches a larger insect in her own web, and is slightly less effective against smaller insects in "P. labiata"′s web than in other situations. Males are less efficient