Colourful orchids grace Bogota during annual fair

STORY: The event was also the first edition of an international version of the fair, with Mexico as its guest of honor.

National and international visitors flocked to Bogota’s botanical garden, marveled by the variety of shape, color and sizes of plants.

The orchid is the national flower of Colombia, and according to the Botanical Garden the country boasts 4,270 species, the most of any country in the world.