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 the prey is thoroughly stuck. When an insect stuck in a web owned by "P. labiata", "P. schultzi" or any regional variant of "P. fimbriata", and next to a web spider's web, the web spider sometimes enters the "Portia"′s web, and the "Portia" pursues and catches the web spider. When catching an insect outside a web, a "Portia" sometimes lunges and sometimes uses a "pick up", in which it moves its fangs slowly into contact with the prey. In some pick ups, "Portia" first slowly uses its forelegs to manipulate the prey before biting. "P. labiata" and "P. schultzi" also