Stanhopea is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) from Central and South America.

These epiphytic, but occasionally terrestrial orchids can be found in damp forests from Mexico to Trinidad to NW Argentina.

[1][3][4][5] Their ovate pseudobulbs carry from the top one long, plicate, elliptic leaf.

A second group have short or truncated horns, they include the species; S. candida, S. grandiflora, S. reichenbachiana, S. tricornis and the natural hybrid S. x herrenhusana.

Bees in the Euglossini tribe, including Eulaema meriana, are known to pollinate these flowers supposedly because the orchids can deceptively mimic the form of a female and her sex pheromone.