Cattleya trianae Cattleya trianae Cattleya trianae (Lind. & Rchb. fil), also known as "Flor de Mayo" ("May flower") or "Christmas orchid", is a plant belonging to the Orchidaceae family. It grows as an epiphytic orchid, with succulent leaves, endemic to Colombia where it was nominated as the national flower in November 1936. That year, the National Academy of History of Argentina asked the Latin American countries to participate in an exhibition with the representative flowers of each country. The Colombian government gave the botanist Emilio Robledo the task to designate the most representative flowering plant of the country. The choice of "Cattleya
Portia labiata occasionally jump on an insect. However, "Portia"s are not very good at catching moving insects and often ignore them, while some other salticid genera, especially the quick, agile "Brettus" and "Cyrba", perform well against small insects. When a "Portia" stalks another jumping spider, the prey generally faces the "Portia" and then either runs away or displays as it does to another member of its own species. The webs of spiders on which "Portia"s prey sometimes contain dead insects and other arthropods which are uneaten or partly eaten. "P. labiata" and some other "Portia"s such as "P. fimbriata" (in Queensland) and