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 spiders, none of which are as dangerous to "P. labiata". The Los Baños variant has a slightly wider repertoire of tactics. In the Philippines, "P. labiata" does not prey on ants, but is preyed on by the ants "Oecophylla smaragdina" and "Odontomachus" sp. (species uncertain), and a solitary "Odontomachus" has been seen attacking a "P. labiata". In a test the ant "Diacamma vagans" usually killed single-handed a "P. labiata". "P. labiata" is one of 17 species in the genus "Portia" as of May 2011. This species has been named "Sinis fimbriatus" (Hasselt, 1882; misidentification), "Linus labiatus" (Thorell, 1887), "Linus dentipalpis"