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 empty husk of the prey. Others grind the prey to pulp using the fangs and the bases of the pedipalps, while flooding it with enzymes; in these species the fangs and the bases of the pedipalps form a preoral cavity that holds the food they are processing. Occasionally a "Portia" is killed or injured while pursuing prey up to twice "Portia"′s size. "P. labiata" is killed in 2.1% of pursuits and injured but not killed in 3.9%, "P. schultzi" is killed in 1.7% and injured but not killed in 5.3%, and "P. fimbriata" in Queensland is killed in 0.06% of