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 ↓

Fire-star orchid 1
Epidendrum radicans
Bamboo Orchid 2
Arundina graminifolia
Lopsided Star Orchid 3
Epidendrum secundum
Prosthechea vespa 4
Elleanthus aurantiacus 5
Restrepia trichoglossa 6
Platystele resimula
Porroglossum muscosum
Lepanthes pan
Blunt Point Lepanthes
Lepanthes mucronata
Elleanthus oliganthus
Epidendrum geminiflorum
Sobralia gloriosa
Flor de Llanten 7
Pleurothallis gelida
Tropidia polystachya
Epidendrum fimbriatum 5
Platystele caudatisepala 8
Elleanthus hymenophorus
Lute Shaped Malaxis 9
Malaxis pandurata
Epidendrum coronatum
Epidendrum ramosum
Epidendrum repens
Malaxis excavata 10
Pleurothallis matudana
Prosthechea fragrans
Sobralia decora
Sobralia fragrans
Stelis argentata 7
Epidendrum spicatum 11
Cattleya maxima 12
Triphora alternata
Barbosella cucullata 13
Elleanthus myrosmatis 14
Chinese Ground Orchid 15
Phaius tankervilleae
Sobralia virginalis 16
Prosthechea crassilabia 5
Lepanthes calodictyon 9
Elleanthus capitatus 17
Prosthechea prismatocarpa 12
Vampire Dragon 18
Dracula vampira
Stelis adrianae
Mendoza's Masdevallia 19
Masdevallia mendozae
Epidendrum wallisii 20
Pleurothallis phalangifera 7
Epidendrum embreei
Cattleya iricolor
Pleurothallis coriacardia 21
Pleurothallis microcardia 21
Epidendrum megalospathum 21
Scaphosepalum triceratops
Dracula mopsus
Stelis galeata 22
Epidendrum porphyreum
rosy sobralia 23
Sobralia rosea
Epidendrum lacustre 24
Sobralia pulcherrima 5
Father Sodiro's Dracula
Dracula sodiroi
Trichosalpinx pergrata 13
Lepanthes saltatrix 25
Acarina-Like Lepanthes
Lepanthes acarina
Epidendrum calanthum 26
Epidendrum excisum 27
Masdevallia picturata 28
Cattleya violacea 29
Lepanthes oxypetala 24
Lepanthes rhynchion 24
Epidendrum tenuicaule 30
Jamieson's Epidendrum 31
Epidendrum jamiesonis
Sobralia crocea 32
Epidendrum schistochilum
Acianthera sicaria
Masdevallia cucullata 5
Enchanting Masdevallia
Masdevallia amanda
Pleurothallis epiglottis
Malaxis andicola 33
Green Bonnet Orchid
Pleurothallis ruscifolia
Specklinia costaricensis 34
Prosthechea hartwegii 7
Laelia marginata 35
Masdevallia angulata
Masdevallia empusa
Elleanthus robustus 7
Pleurothallis penduliflora
Pleurothallis cordata
Pleurothallis divaricans 7
Coin-Shaped leaf Lepanthes 9
Lepanthes pecunialis
Pleurothallis pruinosa
Epidendrum macroophorum
Lepanthes tachirensis 7
Stelis pulchella
Stelis cassidis
Scaphosepalum beluosum
Elleanthus sphaerocephalus 36
Elleanthus aureus
Sobralia macrophylla 7
Intensive Brick-Red Pleurothallis 9
Pleurothallis ruberrima
Anathallis sclerophylla 37
Masdevallia nidifica
Pleurothallis ensata
Pleurothallis crossota 5

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