Embreea

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Embreea rodigasiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Higher Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Embreea
Dodson
Species: E. rodigasiana
Binomial name
Embreea rodigasiana
(Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson (1980)

Embreea rodigasiana is a species of orchid and the only species of genus Embreea. It is endemic to western Colombia and southeastern Ecuador. The genus Embreea is abbreviated as Emb in horticultural trade.