Leptotes (plant) are mounted on plaques of vegetal fiber or tree cork. Watering and fertilizer must be more frequent during active growth periods and less during dormant periods. Ideal growth conditions require an intermediate temperature and exposure to filtered sunlight. In April 1833, an unknown species from the Serra dos Órgãos mountains of Brazil blossomed in the greenhouse of Mrs. Arnold Harrison, an English collector of orchids homaged in diverse descriptions of noted species such as "Bifrenaria harrisoniae" and "Cattleya harrisoniana". A short time later, Mrs. Harrison sent a drawing and cutting of this plant to the botanist John Lindley, who verified
Portia labiata and then bite it. Around Los Baños, "P. labiata" instinctively detours round the back of "S. pallida" that is not carrying eggs while with plucking the web in a way that makes "S. pallida" believe the threat is in front of it. "P. labiata" prefers to stalk a female "S. pallida" carrying eggs, as then "S. pallida" is reluctant to drop the eggs in order to spit, and in this case "P. labiata" sometimes uses a direct attack. In areas where "S. pallida" is absent, the local members of "P. labiata" do not use this combination of plucking other spiders'