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.