The five include the Cattleya skinneri (which includes the alba alba-oculata, a white mutated species); the yellow C. dowiana; the Phychopsis krameriana, known for its resemblance to flapping butterfly wings; the Tricopilia suavis; and the beautiful Peristeria elata, the national flower of Panama, which looks like a dove sticking its head out of its nest.
五種瀕臨絕種的蘭花，包括哥國國花嘉德麗亞．史金納利及還有白色變種的嘉德麗亞蘭，其餘四種是蘭花育種重要的黃色親本朵麗安娜；花形似翩翩蝴蝶的飛蝶蘭；毛氈蘭屬，及蕊柱的形狀就像一隻鴿子自巢中探頭的模樣的巴拿馬國花鴿子蘭。