Phragmipedium besseae | |
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Photographed in southern Ecuador | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
Genus: | Phragmipedium |
Species: | P. besseae
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Binomial name | |
Phragmipedium besseae Dodson & J.Kuhn
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Phragmipedium besseae is a species of orchid in the genus Phragmipedium. It is a terrestrial plant native to the wet montane forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[2]