Orchids of Ecuador

The Orchids of Ecuador

The orchid family comprises approximately one-third of the total endemic vascular plant species of Ecuador (1710 orchid spp.). In other words, three (3) out of every ten (10) endemic plants in Ecuador is an orchid.

In Ecuador, orchids can be found in all ...more ↓

Restrepia trichoglossa 1
Platystele resimula
Porroglossum muscosum
Lepanthes pan
Blunt Point Lepanthes
Lepanthes mucronata
Flor de Llanten 2
Pleurothallis gelida
Platystele caudatisepala 3
Pleurothallis matudana
Stelis argentata 2
Barbosella cucullata 4
Lepanthes calodictyon 5
Vampire Dragon 6
Dracula vampira
Stelis adrianae
Mendoza's Masdevallia 7
Masdevallia mendozae
Pleurothallis phalangifera 2
Pleurothallis coriacardia 8
Pleurothallis microcardia 8
Scaphosepalum triceratops
Dracula mopsus
Stelis galeata 9
Father Sodiro's Dracula
Dracula sodiroi
Trichosalpinx pergrata 4
Lepanthes saltatrix 10
Acarina-Like Lepanthes
Lepanthes acarina
Masdevallia picturata 11
Lepanthes oxypetala 12
Lepanthes rhynchion 12
Acianthera sicaria
Masdevallia cucullata 13
Enchanting Masdevallia
Masdevallia amanda
Pleurothallis epiglottis
Green Bonnet Orchid
Pleurothallis ruscifolia
Specklinia costaricensis 14
Masdevallia angulata
Masdevallia empusa
Pleurothallis penduliflora
Pleurothallis cordata
Pleurothallis divaricans 2
Coin-Shaped leaf Lepanthes 5
Lepanthes pecunialis
Pleurothallis pruinosa
Lepanthes tachirensis 2
Stelis pulchella
Stelis cassidis
Scaphosepalum beluosum
Intensive Brick-Red Pleurothallis 5
Pleurothallis ruberrima
Anathallis sclerophylla 15
Masdevallia nidifica
Pleurothallis ensata
Pleurothallis crossota 13
Stelis morganii
Stelis hirtzii
Pleurothallis dibolia
Pleurothallis prolaticollaris
Pleurothallis fossulata
Porroglossum amethystinum
Acianthera geminicaulina
Specklinia zephyrina
Grand Lepanthes 5
Lepanthes magnifica
Lepanthes cassidea
Anathallis regalis
Pleurothallis dunstervillei
Lepanthes ilensis
Pleurothallis conicostigma
Platystele alucitae
Bristle Bearing Lepanthes
Lepanthes setifera
Masdevallia ophioglossa
Pleurothallis lilijae 16
Myoxanthus exasperatus
Pleurothallis cernua
Lepanthes gargantua
Pleurothallis antennifera
Pleurothallis ripleyi
Anathallis cuspidata
Masdevallia ventricularia 13
Pleurothallis linguifera
Pleurothallis aspergillum
Stelis restrepioides 5
Masdevallia ximenae 17
Frondaria caulescens
Dracula lafleurii 17
Scaphosepalum ophidion
Pleurothallis roseola
Stelis anolis
Masdevallia delphina
Scaphosepalum swertiifolium
Lepanthes trimerinx
Pleurothallis niveoglobula 5
Diodonopsis erinacea 18
Stelis maxima
Pleurothallis tryssa
Pleurothallis erythrium
Platystele pubescens
Pleurothallis marthae
Dracula vespertilio 13
Pleurothallis flexuosa
Lepanthes condorensis
Lepanthes ejecta
Dracula dalessandroi
Myoxanthus georgei
Dracula radiosa 19

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