The National Flower of Venezuela is the plant of ornamental type, that officially represents part of the natural beauty of Venezuela, and that conforms next to the National Tree and the National Bird of Venezuela, the Ornamental Symbols of Venezuela. In Venezuela the National Flower is the Venezuelan orchid, which is also called "Flor de Mayo", because the Venezuelan people use it to decorate the May Cross during a traditional religious festival that bears the same name. It was named as National Flower on May 23, 1951 by presidential decree of the then president of the Governing Board Germán Suárez Flamerich.1
