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
Lopsided Star Orchid 2
Epidendrum secundum
Prosthechea vespa 3
Restrepia trichoglossa 4
Platystele resimula
Porroglossum muscosum
Lepanthes pan
Blunt Point Lepanthes
Lepanthes mucronata
Epidendrum geminiflorum
Flor de Llanten 5
Pleurothallis gelida
Epidendrum fimbriatum 6
Platystele caudatisepala 7
Epidendrum coronatum
Epidendrum ramosum
Epidendrum repens
Pleurothallis matudana
Prosthechea fragrans
Stelis argentata 5
Epidendrum spicatum 8
Cattleya maxima 9
Barbosella cucullata 10
Prosthechea crassilabia 6
Lepanthes calodictyon 11
Prosthechea prismatocarpa 9
Vampire Dragon 12
Dracula vampira
Stelis adrianae
Mendoza's Masdevallia 13
Masdevallia mendozae
Epidendrum wallisii 14
Pleurothallis phalangifera 5
Epidendrum embreei
Cattleya iricolor
Pleurothallis coriacardia 15
Pleurothallis microcardia 15
Epidendrum megalospathum 15
Scaphosepalum triceratops
Dracula mopsus
Stelis galeata 16
Epidendrum porphyreum
Epidendrum lacustre 17
Father Sodiro's Dracula
Dracula sodiroi
Trichosalpinx pergrata 10
Lepanthes saltatrix 18
Acarina-Like Lepanthes
Lepanthes acarina
Epidendrum calanthum 19
Epidendrum excisum 20
Masdevallia picturata 21
Cattleya violacea 22
Lepanthes oxypetala 17
Lepanthes rhynchion 17
Epidendrum tenuicaule 23
Jamieson's Epidendrum 24
Epidendrum jamiesonis
Epidendrum schistochilum
Acianthera sicaria
Masdevallia cucullata 6
Enchanting Masdevallia
Masdevallia amanda
Pleurothallis epiglottis
Green Bonnet Orchid
Pleurothallis ruscifolia
Specklinia costaricensis 25
Prosthechea hartwegii 5
Laelia marginata 26
Masdevallia angulata
Masdevallia empusa
Pleurothallis penduliflora
Pleurothallis cordata
Pleurothallis divaricans 5
Coin-Shaped leaf Lepanthes 11
Lepanthes pecunialis
Pleurothallis pruinosa
Epidendrum macroophorum
Lepanthes tachirensis 5
Stelis pulchella
Stelis cassidis
Scaphosepalum beluosum
Intensive Brick-Red Pleurothallis 11
Pleurothallis ruberrima
Anathallis sclerophylla 27
Masdevallia nidifica
Pleurothallis ensata
Pleurothallis crossota 6
Stelis morganii
Stelis hirtzii
Pleurothallis dibolia
Pleurothallis prolaticollaris
Pleurothallis fossulata
Govenia tingens 28
Porroglossum amethystinum
Acianthera geminicaulina
Specklinia zephyrina
Grand Lepanthes 11
Lepanthes magnifica
Lepanthes cassidea
Epidendrum coryophorum 11
Anathallis regalis
Pleurothallis dunstervillei
Lepanthes ilensis
Pleurothallis conicostigma
Platystele alucitae
Bristle Bearing Lepanthes
Lepanthes setifera
Masdevallia ophioglossa
Epidendrum renilabium
Pleurothallis lilijae 29
Myoxanthus exasperatus
Epidendrum carchiense

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