Paphinia benzingii

Paphinia benzingii is a species of orchid endemic to Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador.

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.