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 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'