Paphinia benzingii

Taxobox
name = Orchid genus "Paphinia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Maxillarieae
subtribus = Stanhopeinae
genus = Paphinia
species = benzingii

About

The classification of this species was published by Calaway H. Dodson & Tilman Neudecker in "Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg", 41: 233, figs. 190. "Paphinia benzingii" is distributed through the Esmeraldas (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America). It was originally collected in Ecuador at an altitude of about 750m.

Flower Morphology

Plant morphology

References

* International Plant Names Index

External links

* [http://www.ipni.org International Plant Names Index (IPNI)]