They are fantastic." Monica Jimenez and her daughters came from Colombia, a country that has a large number of orchid species.
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In addition, the government banned helicopter tours after Peru's Institute of Natural Resources found low-flying aircrafts to be contributing to the disappearance ofa rare speciesoforchid and the Andean Condor.
Conversely, some flowers, like the showy, fragrant orchid Stanhopea embreei, native to Ecuador, are pollinated only by a single speciesof bee, in this case Eulaema bomboides.