Learn about all the Orchids of Ecuador before your Orchid Trip comes.
We have listed the most Common Orchid Genera to be encountered in Ecuador.
Learn about the exciting world of the Orchids of Ecuador, just to give you an idea: In Ecuador, 1 out of 10 plants is an Orchid.
The Orchids of Ecuador can be found almost everywhere, from the coastline in the Pacific, passing the snowline of the Andes, to reach the vast Amazon Lowlands.
Learn more about the Orchids of Ecuador. Each bioregion in Ecuador is home to several hundred Orchids.
The Orchids of Ecuador have several favorite bioregions, and orchids have a preference for the wet Andes: The Foothills and Montane of each side of the Andes.
The Bioregions of Ecuador
- The Dry Thicket of the Coast
- Deciduous Forest of the Coast
- Tropical Humid Forest of Chocó
- Western Foothills Forest
- Western Montane Forest
- Paramo
- Interandean Scrub Forest
- Eastern Montane Forest
- Eastern Foothills Forest
- Amazon Tropical Humid Forest
Principal Generas of Orchids found in Ecuador
Principal Generas of Orchids found in Ecuador: How to find Orchids during your Trip?
Learn more about the Orchids of Ecuador in the list below. The information provided is the genus name, the province where it was seen, and the observer you can click on to meet the explorer.
Shiripuno’s own Orchid Garden is part of the experience on our Amazon Nature Experience — come see these species in person, not just in photos.
All the genera in here were produced in the Citizen Science Project in INaturalist: Orchids of Ecuador.
At this moment, this project has 4,796 Observations made by 833 field observers. This community of 250 identifiers has been able to identify 477 Species of Ecuadorian Orchids.
The Generas are organized alphabetically. We will continue updating and help you to find more Orchids in Ecuador.
Acianthera
Acianthera is found living in Ecuador. Quito, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Aganisia
Aganisia is found living in Ecuador. Shushufindi, Sucumbíos. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @faustocornejo1
Altensteinia
Altensteinia is found living in Ecuador. Riobamba, Chimborazo. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @cisnerosheredia
Anathallis
Anathallis is found living in Ecuador. Mindo, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @diegopatino
Andinia
Andinia lives in Ecuador. Los Bancos, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Arundina (Exotic)
Arundina lives in Ecuador. Vía a Canoayacu, Tena, Napo, EC. All Rights Reserved. @aymetanguila
Benzingia
Benzingia is found in Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @linethalexandragonzlezmora
Brassia
Brassia is found living in Ecuador. Los Bancos, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Catasetum
Catasetum is found living in Ecuador. Shiripuno Amazon Lodge, Sucumbíos, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @fernandovaca
Caucaea
Caucaea is found living in Ecuador. Bosque Protector Umbria, Cotopaxi, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @naturesebas
Cattleya
Cattleya is found living in Ecuador. Tarapoa, Sucumbíos, Ecuador All Rights Reserved. @jujurenoult
Chaubardia
Chaubardia is found living in Ecuador. Mera, Pastaza, Ecuador, Parque Nacional Llanganates. All Rights Reserved. @linethalexandragonzlezmora
Chondroscaphe
Chondroscaphe is found living in Ecuador. Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @jorgebrito
Cleistes
Cleistes is found living in Ecuador. Shell, Pastaza, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @arethusa
Comparettia
Comparettia is found living in Ecuador. Lluvia de Oro, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @wladimirpatino
Cranichis
Cranichis is found living in Ecuador. Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Cyclopogon
Cyclopogon is found living in Ecuador. Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @holgerbeck
Cycnoches
Cycnoches are found living in Ecuador. Found by Daniel King. La Selva Lodge, Sucumbíos, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @fernandovaca
Cyrtochilum
Cyrtochilum is found living in Ecuador. Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Dichaea
Dichaea is found living in Ecuador. Chingual, Sucumbíos, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @cristinarestrepo
Dimerandra
Dimerandra is found living in Ecuador. Maicito, Manabí, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @natalylara
Dracula
Dracula is found living in Ecuador. Guaquichuma, Loja, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Dressleria
Dressleria is found living in Ecuador. Maquipucuna Reserve, Nagegalito, Pichincha, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @holgerbecker
Dresslerella
Dresslerella is found living in Ecuador. Valladolid, Palanda, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. Ecuador All Rights Reserved. @paola_om
Elleanthus
Elleanthus is found living in Ecuador. Laguna de Cuicocha, Imbabura, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @david_torres
Epidendrum
Epidendrum is found living in Ecuador. Valle de Tandayapa, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @naturesebas
Eriopsis
Eriopsis is found living in Ecuador. Masphi Private Reserve, Pichincha. Ecuador All Rights Reserved. @christiansaa
Erycina
Erycina is found living in Ecuador. Piñas, El Oro, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Euryblema
Euryblema is found living in Ecuador. Masphi Private Reserve, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @naturesebas
Fernandezia
Fernandezia is found living in Ecuador. Reserva Ecologica El Angel, Carchi. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @pako_limon
Gomphichis
Gomphichis is found living in Ecuador. Malacatosl, Loja. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @kantoborgy
Gongora
Gongora was found living in Ecuador. Shiripuno Amazon Lodge, Orellana. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @fernandovaca
Govenia
Govenia is found living in Ecuador. Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @kstenman
Habenaria
Habenaria is found living in Ecuador. El Pailón, Carchi. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @jorgebrito
Houlletia
Houlletia is found living in Ecuador. Cascada de San Rafael, Cayambe-Coca National Park. Sucumbíos. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @fernandovaca
Huntleya
Huntleya was found living in Ecuador. Chingual, Sucumbios. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @cristinarestrepo
Ionopsis
Ionopsis was found living in Ecuador. San Tadeo, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Kefersteinia
Kefersteinia was found living in Ecuador. El Pailón, Carchi. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @jorgebrito
Koellensteinia
Koellensteinia was found living in Ecuador. La Selva Lodge, Sucumbíos. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @naturesebas
Laelia
Laelia was found living in Ecuador. Sani Lodge, Sucumbíos. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rob21
Lepanthes
Lepanthes is found living in Ecuador. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @benjamin_patino
Ligeophila
Ligeophila is found living in Ecuador. Shiripuno Amazon Lodge, Orellana. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @fernandovaca
Lockhartia
Lockhartia is found living in Ecuador. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @benjamin_patino
Lycaste
Lycaste is found living in Ecuador. Tena, Napo, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @darwin20
Lycomormium
Lycomormium was found living in Ecuador. Bosque Protector El Chontal, Imbabura, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @alexwcranston
Malaxis
Malaxis found living in Ecuador. Reserva Santa Lucía, Pichincha, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @holgerbeck
Masdevallia
Masdevallia is found living in Ecuador. San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador. Ecuador All Rights Reserved. @wladimirpatino
Maxillaria
Maxillaria was found living in Ecuador. Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @leslie_flint
Miltoniopsis
Miltoniopsis found living in Ecuador. La Ciudad Perdida. Nangaritza, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @paola_om
Monophyllorchis
Monophyllorchis found living in Ecuador. Talag, Tena, Napo, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @oldschoolproduce
Muscarella
Muscarella found living in Ecuador. Nanegal, Pichincha, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @nataliaescobar
Oncidium
Oncidium was found living in Ecuador. Nanegal, Pichincha, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @javierarias29
Pelexia
Pelexia was found living in Ecuador. Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @ripleyrm
Pescatoria
Pescatoria is found living in Ecuador. Sucre, Reserva Jama Coaque, Manabí, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rebry
Phaius (Exotic)
Phaius was found living in Ecuador. Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @less-moya
Phragmipedium
Phragmipedium is found living in Ecuador. Lyarina Lodge, Pto Misahualli, Napo. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @elizabethswanson
Platystele
Platystele found living in Ecuador. Mindo, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @benjamin_patino
Plectrophora
Plectrophora was found living in Ecuador. Shiripuno Amazon Lodge, Orellana. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @fernandovaca
Pleurothallis
Pleurothallis found living in Ecuador. Nanegalito, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @holgerbeck
Polystachya
Polystachya is found living in Ecuador. Zamora, Zamora Chinchipe. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @fernandovaca
Ponthieva
Ponthieva was found living in Ecuador. Parque Nacional Sangay, Morona Santiago. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @arethusa
Porphyrostachys
Porphyrostachys is found living in Ecuador. Alausi, Chimborazo. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @cisnerosheredia
Porroglossum
Porroglossum is found living in Ecuador. Alausi, Chimborazo. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @ecuadornaturetours
Prosthechea
Prosthechea was found living in Ecuador. Baños, Tungurahua. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @estebansurez
Psychopsis
Psychopsis was found living in Ecuador. Baños, Tungurahua. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @ryan_l_lynch
Rodriguezia
Rodriguezia was found living in Ecuador. Rio Piatua, Napo. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @morganstickrod
Scaphosepalum
Scaphosepalum was found living in Ecuador. Lloa, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Selenipedium
Selenipedium found living in Ecuador. Tiputini Biological Station, Parque Nacional Yasuni, Orellana. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @cynthia_gvillegas
Sobralia
Sobralia is found living in Ecuador. Mindo, Pichincha. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rudygelis
Stanhopea
Stanhopea found living in Ecuador. Finca El Piura, Sucua, Morona Santiago. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @ricardofsy
Stelis
Stelis found living in Ecuador. Chalguayacu Alto, García Moreno, Imbabura. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @arethusa
Sudamerlycaste
Sudamerlycaste was found living in Ecuador. Cotalo, Tungurahua. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @arethusa
Telipogon
Telipogon is found living in Ecuador. Oyacachi, Napo. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @luisyupa
Trichoceros
Trichoceros was found living in Ecuador. Cacha Machangara, Riobamba, Chimborazo. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @ripleyrm
Trichopilia
Trichopilia found living in Ecuador. Nanegalito, Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @naturesebas
Trichosalpinx
Trichosalpinx found living in Ecuador. Reserva Bellavista, Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @ecuadornaturetours
Trizeuxis
Trizeuxis found living in Ecuador. Shiripuno Amazon Lodge, Orellana. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @blackdogto
Vanilla
Vanilla was found living in Ecuador. Puyo, Pastaza. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @carlos_andres_silva_aldas
Warczewiczella
Warczewiczella was found living in Ecuador. Yuturi, Orellana. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @lisakoetke
Xylobium
Xylobium was found living in Ecuador. Shiripuno Amazon Lodge, Orellana. Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @fernandovaca
Zelenkoa
Zelenkoa is found living in Ecuador. Machalilla, Manabí, Ecuador. All Rights Reserved. @rossy4
We hope you learned a little bit more about the Orchids of Ecuador
