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 of the prey species showed no evidence of affecting the results. Insects were represented by the house fly "Musca domestica". Unlike the Queensland variant of "P. frimbriata", "P. labiata" has no special tactics when hunting other jumping spiders. "P. labiata" does not prey on ants, but is preyed on by the ants "Oecophylla smaragdina" and "Odontomachus" sp. (species uncertain). "P. labiata" will sometimes approach a translucent nest containing another spider, and will usually wait facing the prey for up to several hours. Occasionally "P. labiata" leaps at the prey in the nest, but this is ineffective. Populations from Los Baños