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 ↓

Stelis adrianae
Caucaea alticola 1
Mendoza's Masdevallia 2
Masdevallia mendozae
Epidendrum wallisii 3
Pleurothallis phalangifera 4
Fernandezia sanguinea 5
Epidendrum embreei
Oncidium vulcanicum 6
Miltoniopsis vexillaria
Trizeuxis falcata 7
Cattleya iricolor
Dichaea pendula
Pleurothallis coriacardia 8
Pleurothallis microcardia 8
Epidendrum megalospathum 8
Maxillaria striata 9
Scaphosepalum triceratops
Dracula mopsus
Stelis galeata 10
Epidendrum porphyreum
rosy sobralia 11
Sobralia rosea
Epidendrum lacustre 12
Cycnoches haagii
Sobralia pulcherrima 13
Father Sodiro's Dracula
Dracula sodiroi
Trichosalpinx pergrata 14
Lepanthes saltatrix 15
Oncidium strictum
Acarina-Like Lepanthes
Lepanthes acarina
Epidendrum calanthum 16
Coral orchid 17
Rodriguezia lanceolata
Epidendrum excisum 18
Masdevallia picturata 19
Cattleya violacea 20
Maxillaria lepidota 21
Pescatoria dayana 22
Pescatoria lehmannii 23
Lepanthes oxypetala 12
Lepanthes rhynchion 12
Cyrtochilum macranthum 24
Epidendrum tenuicaule 1
Jamieson's Epidendrum 25
Epidendrum jamiesonis
Sobralia crocea 26
Maxillaria grayi 2
Epidendrum schistochilum
Acianthera sicaria
Masdevallia cucullata 13
Enchanting Masdevallia
Masdevallia amanda
Dichaea morrisii
Pleurothallis epiglottis
Malaxis andicola 27
Green Bonnet Orchid
Pleurothallis ruscifolia
Specklinia costaricensis 28
Prosthechea hartwegii 4
Lockhartia longifolia
Laelia marginata 29
Masdevallia angulata
Xylobium leontoglossum
Masdevallia empusa
Elleanthus robustus 4
Stanhopea connata
Pleurothallis penduliflora
Pleurothallis cordata
Pleurothallis divaricans 4
Eurystyles cotyledon 30
Maxillaria pseudoreichenheimiana
Coin-Shaped leaf Lepanthes 30
Lepanthes pecunialis
Pleurothallis pruinosa
Gomphichis valida 31
Maxillaria ecuadorensis
Epidendrum macroophorum
Lepanthes tachirensis 4
Stelis pulchella
Stelis cassidis
Fringed Ground Orchid 32
Altensteinia fimbriata
Scaphosepalum beluosum
Chondroscaphe embreei
Cleistes rosea 30
Elleanthus sphaerocephalus 31
Elleanthus aureus
Maxillaria porrecta
Sobralia macrophylla 4
Cyclopogon peruvianus 33
Cyrtochilum geniculatum
Intensive Brick-Red Pleurothallis 30
Pleurothallis ruberrima
Anathallis sclerophylla 34
Masdevallia nidifica
Pleurothallis ensata
Pleurothallis crossota 13
Stelis morganii
Maxillaria fractiflexa
Stelis hirtzii
Pleurothallis dibolia
Pleurothallis prolaticollaris
Lockhartia chocoensis
Pleurothallis fossulata
Govenia tingens 35
Pelexia hirta 30
Porphyrostachys pilifera 36
Sunny Páramo Orchid 37
Pterichis triloba

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