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Which orchids grow on cacti in northern Peru and western Ecuador?
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Yellow flowers of a cymbidium orchid (Cymbidium species).
In the dry regions of northern Peru, several species of orchids are known to grow as epiphytes on cacti.1
Additionally, on the Santa Elena Peninsula in western Ecuador, two species of the genus Oncidium and one species of Brassia have been identified growing on cacti.1