page_title: Magdalena Valley montane forests
section_title: Flora
hierarchical_section_title: Magdalena Valley montane forests / Ecology / Flora
caption_attribution_description: Cattleya trianae Place:Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden,Osaka,Japan
context_page_description: The Magdalena Valley montane forests is an ecoregion in the Andes mountains of central Colombia.
context_section_description: Cloud forests are found at elevation of about 1,800 to 2,200 metres (5,900 to 7,200 ft) and higher up at elevations of 2,800 to 3,200 metres (9,200 to 10,500 ft).
  Common trees include Anacardium excelsum, Cedrela odorata, Cordia alliodora, Decussocarpus rospigliossi, Hieronyma macrocarpa, Jacaranda caucana, Juglans neotropica, Podocarpus oleifolius, Quercus humboldtii, Tabebuia rosea, Tabebuia serratifolia, Vochysia ferruginea and palms such as Ceroxylon alpinum, Ceroxylon quindiuense, Ceroxylon parvifrons, Ceroxylon sasaimae, Ceroxylon vogelianum and Dictyocaryum lamarckianum. 
  The wax palms (Ceroxylon) species are of special concern.
  The Andean rosewood (Aniba perutilis) is endangered.
  Endemics found in the hilly areas along the cordilleras include Ceroxylon sasaimae, Heliconia abaloi, Heliconia estiletioides, Heliconia huilensis, Heliconia laxa, Heliconia mutisiana, Heliconia oleosa, Heliconia reptans and Odontoglossum crispum.
  Endemic orchids include Cattleya trianae in the upper Magdalena and Cattleya warscewiczii in the San Lucas – Nechi region.
  Other common orchids are Masdevallia coccinea, Miltoniopsis vexillaria, Odontoglossum crispum and Odontoglossum nobile.
  Colombia’s national flower, the Christmas orchid (Cattleya trianae) is endangered.
caption: The Christmas orchid (Cattleya trianae) is endangered.
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