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
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