''Acianthera chionopa'' is a species of
epiphytic
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...
orchid native to
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
and
Ecuador.
References
chionopa
Epidendroideae
Flora of Ecuador
{{Epidendreae-stub
Flora of Colombia
Orchids of Ecuador
Orchids of Colombia
Plants described in 1980