Phinaea ecuadorana
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Phinaea ecuadorana faces severe pressure from ongoing deforestation and habitat conversion in Ecuador's cloud forests, where agricultural expansion and logging activities continue to fragment its limited range. The species' restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized habitat destruction, while climate change poses additional risks by altering the moisture-dependent conditions essential for this epiphytic plant's survival.
Habitat
This species inhabits humid montane cloud forests of Ecuador, typically growing as an epiphyte on moss-covered tree trunks and branches in the understory. It requires consistently moist conditions and filtered light characteristic of these high-altitude tropical forests.