Cattleya crispa Cattleya crispa Cattleya crispa is a species of orchid indigenous to the Tijuca Mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, noted for its crisped and ruffled petals and lip. It is the type species for both the subgenus "Cattleya" subg. "Crispae" and its section "Cattleya" sect. "Crispae". Prior to 2000, "C. crispa" had long been placed in the genus "Laelia" because it had eight pollinia, instead of the four found in "Cattleya labiata", the type species of the genus "Cattleya". In 2000, the "Brazilian "Laelias"" (including "L. crispa") were transferred to the genus "Sophronitis". In 2008, the entire genus "Sophronitis"
Portia labiata suspended near the top of its capture web, and then covers the eggs with a sheet of silk. If there is no dead leaf available, the female will make a small horizontal silk platform in the capture web, lay the eggs on it, and then cover the eggs. "Portia" females have never been seen eating their own eggs, but in nature females with eggs of their own have been seen eating eggs of other females of the same species. In a test, "P. labiata" females did not eat their eggs if the testers put them in other female's nests, showing