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 and from Sagada, both in the Philippines, have slightly different hunting tactics, and Los Baños has some very dangerous prey spiders. In laboratory tests, Los Baños "P. labiata"s rely more on trial and error than Sagada "P. labiata"s in finding ways to vibrate the prey's web and thus lure or distract the prey. Around Los Baños the web-building "Scytodes pallida", which preys on jumping spiders, is very abundant. All members of the genus "Scytodes" spit a sticky gum on prey and potential threats, and this can immobilise a "Portia" long enough for the "Scytodes" to wrap the "Portia" in silk