Benzingia hirtzii Dodson ex Dodson 1995 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

Common Name or Meaning Hirtz's Benzingia [Ecuadorian Orchid Enthusiast current]

Flower Size 1 1/8" [3 cm]

Found in Ecuador on tree trunks in extremely wet forests at elevations around 700 to 1200 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte without pseudobulbs and has a fan-shape of conduplicate leaves and blooms on a pendant, short, single flowered inflorescnece

Synonyms Benzingia hirtzii Dodson 1989

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1 Dodson 1994