Flora of Colombia Flora of Colombia The Flora of Colombia is characterized by 130,000 species of plants that have been described within Colombian territory. The national flower of Colombia is the orchid "Cattleya trianae" which was named after the Colombian naturalist José Jerónimo Triana. The orchid was selected by botanist Emilio Robledo, in representation of the Colombian Academy of History to determine the most representative flowering plant of Colombia. He described it as one of the most beautiful flowers in the world and selected "Cattleya trianae" as National symbol. The national tree of Colombia is the palm "Ceroxylon quindiuense" (Quindío wax palm) which
A Flower in a Sinful Sea A Flower in a Sinful Sea A Flower in a Sinful Sea (Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: "Nièhǎihuā", Wade-Giles:, "Nieh-hai hua") is a novel by Jin Tianhe (also known as Jin Songcen) and Zeng Pu (also written as Tseng P'u). The work is a roman à clef. The work was partially translated to English by Rafe de Crespigny and Liu Ts'un-yan in 1982. It was also translated to French. The "nie" (C: 孽, P: "niè", W: "nieh") refers to retributions. The "hua" (C: 花, P: "huā", W: "hua") for "flower" is a polysemy as it can also refer to "woman". In