Cattleya aclandiae Cattleya aclandiae Cattleya aclandiae ("Lady Ackland's cattleya") is a species of orchid from the genus "Cattleya", named in honor of Lady Lydia Elizabeth Ackland, wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet who was the first European to grow the plant successfully. The illustration of the plant which accompanied its first description was based on a drawing by Lady Ackland. The genus was named in honour of William Cattley, a prominent British merchant and horticulturist. "Cattleya aclandiae" is found growing on tree limbs and trunks in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It has a very small natural range and is
Portia labiata the draglines of equal-sized females and then pitted some of them in contests. Other females avoided the draglines of the victors, and spent the majority of their time on draglines of the losers. Similar tests showed that females of "P. fimbriata" from Australia and "P. schultzi" from Kenya do not avoid draglines of a powerful fighter. In "P. labiata" and in some other species, contests between males usually last only 5 to 10 seconds, and only their legs make contact. When hunting, mature females of "P. labiata", "P. africana", "P. fimbriata" and "P. schultzi" emit olfactory signals that reduce the