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 then bite it. Around Los Baños, "P. labiata" instinctively detours round the back of "S. pallida" that is not carrying eggs while with plucking the web in a way that makes "S. pallida" believe the threat is in front of it. "P. labiata" prefers to stalk a female "S. pallida" carrying eggs, as then "S. pallida" is reluctant to drop the eggs in order to spit, and in this case "P. labiata" sometimes uses a direct attack. In areas where "S. pallida" is absent, the local members of "P. labiata" do not use this combination of plucking other spiders'