Cattleya

Italo indie Cattleya, which is Universal's Italian outpost, picked Campania's Cilento province for its local remake of Gallic megahit "Welcome to the Sticks."

Variety.com 2010

Italo indie Cattleya, which is Universal's Italian outpost, picked Campania's Cilento province for its local remake of Gallic megahit "Welcome to the Sticks."

Variety.com 2010

Another endemic is the golden Cattleya orchid, (Cattleya aurea), that is sympatric in the upper Sinú with the gigas Cattleya orchid, (Cattleya warscewickzii), showing the contact zone between Magdalena Medio and Chocó-Darién; the upper Sinú is the only place where the naturally occurring hybrid, the spectacular (Cattleya X hardyana) has been found.

Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

Several orchids are found growing on these trees: Caularthron bicornutum, Oncidium obrizatum and the highly endangered Cattleya aurea.

Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

Beautiful orchids such as the endemic giant Cattleya, Cattleya warscewiczii, or the Butterfly orchid Psychopsis papilio, or the Swan orchid Cycnoches chlorochilon or the Holly Spirit orchid Peristeria elata are native to this ecosystem.

Magdalena-Urabá moist forests 2008

At the May state dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderón, prickly pear cactus showed up in vermeil wine coolers, and Dowling also tucked a few among the in the centerpieces of fuchsia roses and Cattleya orchids.

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Species of special concern for this ecoregion are the Colombian ebony and the mahogany, among the precious timber; the Cattleya aurea, as this beautiful orchid has suffered from over-collection for more than seventy years; the two species of tapirs present are highly endangered both at the national and international level; the harpy eagle and the blue-billed curassow are also endangered species than still present in the upper Sinú.

Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

There are a few common, popular and preferred home planting varieties of orchid such as Ascocenda, Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Miltonia, Odontoglossums, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis and Vanda.

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There are several endemic areas within this ecoregion; the upper Magdalena, in the Huila territory, with species of birds such as Athene cunicularia tolimae or Euphonia concinna, and the Cattleya trianaei, the national flower of Colombia.

Magdalena Valley montane forests 2008

Several orchids are endemic to these ecosystems; Cattleya trianaei to the upper Magdalena and C. warscewickzii to the San Lucas – Nechi region; Odontoglossum crispum and Odontoglossum nobile, Miltoniopsis vexillaria and Masdevallia coccinea, among the best known.

Magdalena Valley montane forests 2008