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I have decided to include synonyms in the alphabetical listings because I have found it frustrating to find that some growers do not stay currrent in their plant names and as such we the consumer end up buying a plant that we feel is an exotic different species only to find that it is a plant that we have had for years under the correct name. An example, Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f is actually the common species Brassavola nodosa [L]Lindley.

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Fragrance = Fragrance

Light Meter Icons; Full Shade = Full shade Dappled shade or Partial Shade = Part shade Bright Light or Full light = Part sun Full Sun = Full sun

Temperature Icons;

Cold = Cold 2500 Meters and Up, 50`F to 55`F night average - - Cool = Cool1800 to 2500 Meters, 58`F to 60`F night average

Warm = Warm1000 meters to 1800 meters, 68`F to 75`F night average - - Hot = HotSea Level to 1000 Meters, 75`F to 85`F

Season Icons;

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SIZE: Miniature - under 6" tall leaf and pseudobulb Small - under 12" tall leaf and pseudobulb Medium - under 24" tall Large - under 48" tall Giant - Over 48" tall

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Mastigion Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.

There are 5 species in this genus segregated from Cirrhopetalum/Bulbophyllum. It is distinguished by a large space on the column between the dorsal sepal and the lateral sepals [ie, an exposed colum foot], ciliate petals, and a single flower per inflorescence, and the lateral sepals that twist and form a union of their outewr margins to form a long whip-like tail

Common Name or Meaning The Whip Orchid [refers to the lateral sepals that twist and form a union of their outer margins to form a long whip-like tail]

Type Species = ! = Mastigion appendiculatum (Rolfe) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994

  1. Mastigion appendiculatum (Rolfe) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994

    UNPLEASANTFragranceWarm TO HotFall

    ~Mastigion fascinator (Rolfe) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 - See Mastigion putidum (Teijsm. & Binn.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmSummer

  2. Mastigion ornatissimum (Rchb. f.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994

    FragranceWarm TO HotWinter

  3. Mastigion putidum (Teijsm. & Binn.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo Warm Summer and Fall

Maxillaria Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillareae, SUBTRIBE Maxillariinae.

This genus is composed of 650 some species spread throughout the tropical and sub-tropical Americas at elevation sof sealevel to 3500 meters and are found as epiphytes terrestrial and lithophytes with a very short to elongate rhizome which creeps, ascends or is suberect clothed in a somewhat transparent papery sheaths and gives rise to clustered or remote psuedobulbs with 1 to 2 leaves or just leaves. The inflorescence has generally one flower that can be very small or large and showy with free sepals and petals, an adnate lip with three lobes or an entire and distinct callus on the disc and has 4 waxy pollina. There are 2 groups of species that can be distinguished by the way the lip is attached to the column foot the first has the lip totally united with the column and usually has small flowers such as Maxillaria ramosa, the other which is the largest, has the lip articulated to the column and larger flowers refers to the base of the lip which appears to be a protruding chin and jaw

Synonyms Amaridium Hort 1880; Callista Lour. 1790; Camaridium Lindley 1824; Cameridium Rchb.f 1849; Dicrypta Lindley 1830; Heterotaxis Lindley 1826; Marsupiaria Hoehne 1947; Menadena Rafferty 1836[1837]; Neourbania Fawc. & Rendle 1909; Ornithidium Salisb. 1813; `Pentulops Raf. 1836[1838]; Pseudomaxillaria Hoehne 1946; `Psittacoglossum LaLave & Lex. 1825; Sepalosaccus Schlechter 1923

Type Species = ! = Maxillaria platypetala Ruiz & Pav. 1798

    ~Maxillaria abelei Schltr. 1921 - See Maxillaria rufescens Lindley 1836

  1. Maxillaria acervata Rchb. f. 1855

    Part SunHot Warm Fall THROUGHSpring

  2. Maxillaria aciantha Rchb.f. 1852

    Part ShadeHot to WarmMOSTLY Falland Winter

  3. Maxillaria acicularis Herb. ex Lindl. 1837

    FragrancePart sunCoolTo Warm

    ~Maxillaria acicularis var. brevifolia Cogn. - See Maxillaria acicularis Herb. ex Lindl. 1837

  4. Maxillaria acuminata Lindl. 1845

    Part shadeHotCoolWinterSpringSummerFall

  5. Maxillaria acutifolia Lindley 1839

    Part shadeWarmTo HotSpring

    ~Maxillaria acutifolia Schltr. 1923 - See Maxillaria angustissima Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf. 1934

    Part ShadeHotWarmSummer THROUGHFall

  6. Maxillaria acutipetala Hook. 1842

  7. Maxillaria alba (Hook.) Lindl. 1832

    FragrancePart ShadeHotCool WinterSpring

    ~Maxillaria albertii Schltr. 1923 - See Maxillaria elatior (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1863

    Part shadeWarmTo Hot

  8. Maxillaria alpestris Lindley 1845

    Part shadeWarmTo ColdWinterSpringSummerFall

    ~Maxillaria amesiana hort. 1891 - See Maxillaria grandiflora [H.B.K.]Lindley 1832

    ~Maxillaria amparoana Schlechter 1923 - Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f 1863

  9. Maxillaria anceps Ames & C. Schweinf. 1930

    FragrancePart Sun WarmWinter

    ~Maxillaria angustifolia Hooker 1841 - See Maxillaria variabilis Lindley 1837

  10. Maxillaria angustissima Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf. 1934

    Part ShadeHotWarmSummer THROUGHFall

  11. Maxillaria arachnites Rchb. f. 1880

    Part shadeWarmTo Cold

  12. Maxillaria arachnitiflora Ames & C.Schweinf. 1930

    Part shadeWarmTo HotSummerFall

  13. Maxillaria arbuscula (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1856

    Part shadeWarmTo Cold

    ~*Maxillaria aromatica Hooker 1826 - See Lycaste aromatica [Hooker] Lindley 1843

    ~Maxillaria articulata Klotsch 1853 - See Maxillaria rufescens Lindley 1836

    ~Maxillaria atrata Rchb. f. 1866 - See Maxillaria cucullata Lindl. 1840

    ~Maxillaria atrata var. brachyantha Rchb.f. 1866 - See Maxillaria obscura Linden & Rchb. f 1866

    ~*Maxillaria atropurpurea Lodd. 1832 - See Bifrenaria atropurpurea [Lodd.]Lindley 1832

  14. Maxillaria augustae-victoriae F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899

    FragrancePart shadeWarmTo ColdSpring

    ~Maxillaria aurantiaca (Lindl.) A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 - See Rudolfiella aurantiaca [Lindley] Hoehne 1943

    ~Maxillaria aurea Hort ex Rchb.f 1855 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria aurea [Poepp. & Endl.] L.O.Wms. 1945 - See Maxillaria gigantea [Lindl.] Dodson 1993

    ~Maxillaria aurea [Poepp. & Endl.] L.O.Wms. var gigantea [Lindl.] Schweinf. 1945 - See Maxillaria gigantea [Lindl.] Dodson 1993

    ~*Maxillaria aureo-fulva Hooker 1838 - See Bifrenaria aureofulva [Hkr.]Lindley 1843

  15. Maxillaria aurorae D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1995

    FullShade WarmLATE Spring

  16. Maxillaria auyantepuiensis Foldats 1961

    Partial ShadeCool to WarmSpring

    ~Maxillaria balsamea Beer 1854 - See Lycaste cruenta Lindl. 1843

    ~Maxillaria barbata Knowles & Westc. 1863 - See Bifrenaria vitellina (Lindl.) Lindl. 1843

  17. Maxillaria barbosae Loefgr. 1918

    ~Maxillaria barringtoniae (Sm.) Lodd. 1832 - See Ida barringtoniae (Sm.) A.Ryan & Oakeley 2003

    ~Maxillaria barringtoiae Rchb.f 1858 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855

    ~Maxillaria baumanniana Schltr. 1920 - See Maxillaria alpestris Lindley 1845

  18. Maxillaria bicallosa (Rchb.f.) Garay 1962

    Part ShadeWarm Cool

    ~Maxillaria bilobulata Senghas 1993 - See Maxillaria lankesteri Ames 1924

  19. Maxillaria biolleyi (Schltr.) L.O.Williams 1941

    CoolColdFallWinter

    ~*Maxillaria boothii Lindl. 1838 - See Nidema boothii (Lindl.) Schltr. 1922

  20. Maxillaria brachybulbon Schltr. 1923

    Full Shade HotWarmWinter Spring

    ~Maxillaria brachyglossa A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845 - See Trigonidium egertonianum Bateman ex Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria brachypus Rchb.f. 1852 - See Xylobium colleyi (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rolfe 1890

  21. Maxillaria bracteata (Schltr.) Ames & Correll 1943

    Part SunHotCool Part WinterSpringsummerfall

  22. Maxillaria bradei Schltr. ex Hoehne 1936

    Part shadeHotTo CoolFall

  23. Maxillaria bradeorum (Schltr.) L.O.Williams 1941

    Part shadeHotTo WarmSummerand Fall

  24. Maxillaria brasiliensis Brieger & Illg 1977

    Part shadeWarmTo CoolFall

    ~Maxillaria brenesii Schlechter 1923 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria brenesii var. longiloba Ames & C.Schweinf. 1930 - See Maxillaria longiloba (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood 1993

  25. Maxillaria brevilabia Ames & Correll 1943

    WarmCoolSummer THROUGHWinter

    ~Maxillaria brevipedunculata Ames & C. Schweinf. 1930 - See Maxillaria nasuta Rchb. f. 1866

    ~Maxillaria brevipes Schltr. 1923 - See Maxillaria ramonensis Schltr. 1923

  26. Maxillaria breviscapa Poepp. & Endl. 1836

    Part shadeWarmTo CoolSpring

    ~*Maxillaria brevispatha Klotzsch 1851 - See Lycaste brevispatha (Klotzsch) Lindl. & Paxton 1852

    ~Maxillaria brocklehurstiana Lindl. 1841 - See Houlletia brocklehurstiana Lindl. 1841

    ~Maxillaria brunnea Linden & Rchb. f. 1854 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

  27. Maxillaria buchtienii Schltr. 1929

    FragrancePart shadeCoolTo WarmSpringSummer

  28. Maxillaria cf. cacaoensis J.T. Atwood 1998/9

    Part sunHot To Warm

  29. Maxillaria caespitifica Rchb. f. 1876

    Part shadeHotTo WarmSpringand Summer

  30. Maxillaria calantha Schltr. 1921

    Part shadeCoolTo ColdSpring

  31. Maxillaria callichroma Rchb. f. 1854

    Part shadeCool TO Hot Winter

  32. Maxillaria camaridii [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1863

    Fragrance Part shadeCool TO Hot Winter To Spring

  33. Maxillaria campanulata C.Schweinf. 1938

    PArt ShadeHotCool

  34. Maxillaria carinulata Rchb.f. 1876

    Deep shade Warm Cool

    ~Maxillaria cassapensis Rchb. f. 1863 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

  35. Maxillaria caucana Schltr. 1920

    Part ShadeHotWarm

    ~Maxillaria cepula Rchb.f 1855 - See Maxillaria madida Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria cepula var pallida Rchb.f 1898 - See Maxillaria madida Lindl. 1838

  36. Maxillaria cerifera Barb. Rodr. 1877

    Fragrance Part shadeCool TO Hot Fall

  37. Maxillaria chacoensis Dodson 1989

    Deep shade Hot Cool

  38. Maxillaria chartacifolia Ames & C.Schweinf. 1930

    Part shadeHot CoolSummerFall

    ~Maxillaria chiriquensis Schlechter 1922 - See Maxillaria variabilis Batem ex Lindley 1837

  39. Maxillaria chlorantha Lindl. 1837

    Deep shade Warm Cool

    ~Maxillaria chlorochila F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899 - See Maxillaria alpestris Lindley 1845

  40. Maxillaria christensonii D.E.Benn. 1998

    Part shadeWarm

  41. Maxillaria chrysantha Barb. Rodr. 1871

    FragranceWarm TO Cool Winter

    ~Maxillaria chrysoptera Beer 1854 - See Lycaste deppei [Lodd.]Lindley 1843

    ~*Maxillaria ciliata Ruiz & Pav. 1798 - See Lycaste ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. ex Rchb. f. 1856

    ~*Maxillaria cinnabarina Lindl. ex Rolfe 1893 - See Ida cinnabarina (Lindl. ex Rolfe) A. Ryan & Oakeley 2003

    ~Maxillaria citrina Don 1845 - See Promenaea xanthina [Lindley]Lindley 1843

  42. Maxillaria cobanensis Schltr. 1912

    Part sunWarm TO Cool Summer

  43. Maxillaria coccinea [Jacq.]L.O.Williams

    Part shadeCoolTo HotSpringand Summer

    ~Maxillaria cochleata (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer 1854 - See Lycaste cochleata Lindl. & Paxton 1850-1

  44. Maxillaria cogniauxiana W. Hoehne 19337

    ~Maxillaria cogniauxiana var. latifolia (Hoehne) Pabst 1972 - See Maxillaria cogniauxiana W. Hoehne 1933

    ~Maxillaria cogniauxiana var. pygmaea (Hoehne) Pabst 1978 - See Maxillaria cogniauxiana W. Hoehne 1933

    ~Maxillaria colleyi Batem. ex Lindl. 1839 - See Xylobium colleyi (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rolfe 1890

    ~Maxillaria colleyi Bateman 1858 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834[1835]

    ~Maxillaria compressibulba Schltr. 1929 - See Maxillaria alpestris Lindley 1845

    ~Maxillaria concava Lindley 1844 - See Xylobium foveatum [Lindley]Nichols 1887

  45. Maxillaria conduplicata (Ames & C.Schweinf.) L.O.Williams 1942

    Part sun WarmFall

    ~Maxillaria conferta (Griseb.) C. Schweinf. ex León 1946 - See Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

  46. Maxillaria confusa Ames & C. Schweinf. 1925 NO PHOTO

    FragrancePart shadeHotSummer andFall

  47. Maxillaria consanguinea Klotzsch 1853

    FragrancePart sunWarmCool Summer

    ~Maxillaria consobrina Beer ex Schlechter - See Lycaste aromatica [Grahm.]Lindley 1843

    ~Maxillaria coriacea Barb. Rodr. 1882 - See Maxillaria desvauxiana Rchb. f. 1854

    ~ *Maxillaria corrugata Lindl. 1844 - See Xylobium corrugatum (Lindl.) Rolfe 1889

  48. Maxillaria costaricensis Schltr. 1923

    Part sunHot to Warm Winter to Spring

    ~Maxillaria costata Lindl.1838 - See Lycaste ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. ex Rchb. f. 1856

    ~Maxillaria crassifolia Lindl. 1872 - See Maxillaria madida Lindl. 1838

  49. Maxillaria crassifolia [Lindl.] Reichb.f. 1854

    Part shadeHotLATE Spring TO EARLY Summer

    ~Maxillaria crassipes Kraenzl. 1911 - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]

    ~Maxillaria crassipes Kraenzl. var australis Dutra ? - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]

    ~Maxillaria crinita Beer 1854 - See Lycaste crinita Lindl. 1844

    ~*Maxillaria cristata Lindley 1835 - See Paphinia cristata [Lindley]Lindley 1843

  50. Maxillaria crocea Lindl. 1835 [non Poepp. & End;. 1836]

    to

    ~*Maxillaria cruenta Lindl. 1842 - See Lycaste cruenta Lindl. 1843

  51. Maxillaria cryptobulbon Carnevali & J.T. Atwood 1991

    Part shadeHotWarm SpringSummer

  52. Maxillaria ctenostachys Rchb.f. 1870

    Warm"Cold

  53. Maxillaria cucullata Lindl. 1840

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo CoolFalland EARLY Winter

  54. Maxillaria curtipes Hook. 1841

    Part shadeWarmTo Cold WinterSpringSummerFall

    ~Maxillaria cyanea (Lindl.) Beer 1854 - See Warreella cyanea (Lindl.) Schltr. 1914

  55. Maxillaria dalessandroi Dodson 1994

    Deep shade Hot Warm

    ~Maxillaria dalstromii Dodson 1984 - See Maxillaria pulla Linden & Rchb. f. 1854

    ~Maxillaria deflexa Klotzsch ex A. Br. 1852 - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]

  56. Maxillaria dendrobioides (Schltr.) L.O. Williams 1940

    Part SunWarm TO Cool WinterSpringSummerFall

  57. Maxillaria densa Lindl. 1835

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo CoolWinterand Spring

    ~*Maxillaria deppei Lodd. 1830 - See Lycaste deppei [Lodd.]Lindley 1843

  58. Maxillaria desvauxiana Rchb. f. 1854

    FragranceHot TO Cool LATESpring and Summer

    ~Maxillaria dichroma Rolfe 1898 - See Maxillaria elegantula Rolfe 1898

  59. Maxillaria dillonii D.E. Benn. & Christenson 1998

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmSummerFall

  60. Maxillaria discolor [Lodd. ex Lindley]Rchb.f 1861

    Part shadeWarmTo HotSpringSummerFall

  61. Maxillaria diuturna Ames & C.Schweinf. 1925

    Part sun Hot WarmWinter

    ~Maxillaria divaricata [Barb Rodr.] Cogn 1904 - See Maxillaria cerifera Barb. Rodr. 1877

    ~Maxillaria eburnea Lindley 1840 - See Maxillaria grandiflora [H.B.K.] Lindley 1832

    ~Maxillaria echinochila Kraenzl. 1920 - See Maxillaria madida Lindl. 1838

  62. Maxillaria ecuadorensis Schltr. 1921

    Part shadeWarm TO ColdSummer and Fall

  63. Maxillaria elatior (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1863

    FragrancePart shadeCoolTo WarmFall To Spring

  64. Maxillaria elegantula Rolfe 1898

    Part shadeCoolTo Hot

    ~*Maxillaria elongata Lindl. & Paxton 1852-3 - See Xylobium elongatum (Lindl. & Paxton) Hemsl. 1884

  65. Maxillaria embreei Dodson 1994NO PHOTO

    Part shadeWarmTo Cold

  66. Maxillaria encyclioides J.T.Atwood & Dodson 1997

    Deep shade Hot Warm

  67. Maxillaria endresii Rchb. f. 1886

    FragrancePart shadehot to spring

  68. Maxillaria equitans (Schltr.) Garay 1958

    Part shadeWarmTo HotSpringand Fall

    ~Maxillaria exigua Regel 1855 - See Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

    ~Maxillaria fallax Schltr. 1929 - See Maxillaria notylioglossa Rchb. f. 1854

  69. Maxillaria ferdinandiana Barb. Rodr. 1881

    Part shadeCool To WarmSpring

    ~Maxillaria fimbriata Poepp. & Endl. 1836 - See Lycaste ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. ex Rchb. f. 1856

    ~Maxillaria flabellifera Lindl. 1837 - See Scuticaria kautskyi Pabst 1972

  70. Maxillaria flava Ames , F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf. 1934

    Full ShadeCold toWarm Fall

    ~Maxillaria flavoviridis Barb.Rodr. 1877 - See Maxillaria notylioglossa Rchb. f. 1854

  71. Maxillaria fletcheriana Rolfe 1913

    Full shadeWarmColdWinterSpringSummerFall

    ~Maxillaria foliosa Ames & C. Schweinf. 1925 - See Maxillaria acervata Rchb. f. 1855

  72. Maxillaria formosa Carnevali & G.A.Romero 2000

    ~*Maxillaria foveata Lindley 1839 - See Xylobium foveatum [Lindley] Nichols 1887

  73. Maxillaria fractiflexa Rchb. f. 1878

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmFall

    ~Maxillaria fractiflexa Rchb. f. 1881 - See Maxillaria ecuadorensis Schltr. 1921

  74. Maxillaria friedrichsthalii Rchb. f. 1852

    Part shadeWarmTo Hot MOSTLY Springand Summer

  75. Maxillaria fucata Rchb. f. 1886

    Part shadeCool TO Cold

  76. Maxillaria fuerstenbergiana Schltr. 1912

    Full shadeWarmCool

  77. Maxillaria fulgens (Rchb. f.) L.O. Williams 1941

    Full shadeWarmTo Hot MOSTLY Summer TO Fall

    ~Maxillaria fulvescens (Hook.) Beer 1854 - See Lycaste fulvescens Hook. 1845

  78. Maxillaria funicaulis C.Schweinf. 1945

    Deep shade Cold

    ~Maxillaria fuscata Hort not Klotsch 1836 - See Maxillaria rufescens Lindley 1835

    ~Maxillaria fuscata Klotsch 1888 - See Maxillaria rupestris Barb. Rodr. 1881

    ~*Maxillaria galeata Lindley 1842 - See Gongora galeata [Lindley]Rchb.f. 1854

    ~Maxillaria galeata Rchb.f 1842 - See Maxillaria cucullata Lindl. 1840

    ~Maxillaria gatunensis Schltr. 1922 - See Maxillaria crassifolia [Lindl.] Reichb.f. 1854

  79. Maxillaria gentryi Dodson 1984

    Part ShadeWarm to Hot WinterandSpring

  80. Maxillaria gigantea [Lindl.] Dodson 1993

    Full shadeWarmWinterSpringSummerFall

    ~Maxillaria gigantea [Lindley]Beer 1854 - See Lycaste longipetala [Ruiz & Pavon] Garay 1962

    ~Maxillaria glomerata Gal. 1840 - See Maxillaria densa Lindl. 1835

    ~Maxillaria glumacea Rolfe 1892 - See Maxillaria nasuta Rchb. f. 1866

    ~Maxillaria glumibracteum (Rchb.f.) Hemsl. 1884 - See Coilostylis clavatum [Raf.] Withner & Harding 2004

    ~*Maxillaria goeringii Rchb.f. 1845 - See Cymbidium goeringii [Rchb.f]Rchb.f 1864

    ~Maxillaria gracilifolia Kraenzel 1927 - See Maxillaria tenuifolia Lindley 1837

  81. Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo CoolSpringand Summer

    ~Maxillaria graminea Lindl. 1836 - See Koellensteinia graminea (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1856

  82. Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

    Part shadeColdTo WarmSummerFalland Winter

  83. Maxillaria grandiflora [H.B.K.] Lindl. 1832

    FragrancePart shadeWarmTo ColdLATE Spring To EARLY Summer

  84. Maxillaria grandimentum C. Schweinf. 1944

    Part shadeCool

  85. Maxillaria grayi Dodson 1994

    Full Shade Hot Warm

  86. Maxillaria guareimensis Rchb. f. 1854

    Part shadeCoolTo Hot MOSTLY Summer To Winter

  87. Maxillaria guadalupensis Cogn. 1910

    Deep shade Warm Fall

    ~Maxillaria guttata hort 1852 - See Promenaea xanthina [Lindley]Lindley 1843

    ~Maxillaria haenkei Correll 1941 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria harrisonae [Hooker]Lindley 1826 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855

    ~Maxillaria harrisoniae var alba 1841 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855

    ~Maxillaria harrisoniae var. angustior Lindl. 1853 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855

    ~Maxillaria harrisoniae var. eburnea S.Moore 1884 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855

    ~Maxillaria harrisoniae var. grandiflora Paxton 1850 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855

    ~*Maxillaria hastata Ruiz & Pav. 1798 - See Cyrtochilum hastatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Dalström 2001

    ~Maxillaria hatschbachii Schlechter 1926 - See Maxillaria madida Lindl. 1838

  88. Maxillaria hedwigiae Hamer & Dodson 1982[1983]

    Part ShadeHotSpring

    ~Maxillaria hedyosma Schltr. 1921 - See Maxillaria alba (Hook.) Lindl. 1832

  89. Maxillaria hematoglossa A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845

    Part shadeHot TO Warm LATE Spring THROUGH Fall

    ~Maxillaria henchmanni Hooker 1837 - See Maxillaria variabilis Bateman ex Lindley 1837

  90. Maxillaria hennisiana Schltr. 1912

    Part sunHotTo WarmSpring

    ~Maxillaria henrici-gustavi Senghas 1993 - See Maxillaria arbuscula (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1856

    ~*Maxillaria heteroclita Poepp. & Endl. 1836- See Huntleya heteroclita [Poepp. & Endl.] Garay 1969

    ~Maxillaria heterophylla Hoehne 1952 - See Maxillaria cogniauxiana W. Hoehne 1933

    ~Maxillaria heterophylla var. latifolia Hoehne 1952 - See Maxillaria cogniauxiana W. Hoehne 1933

    ~Maxillaria heterophylla var. pygmaea Hoehne 1952 - See Maxillaria cogniauxiana W. Hoehne 1933

    ~Maxillaria heynderyexii E. Morren 1845 - See Ida heynderycxii (E. Morren) A. Ryan & Oakeley 2003

  91. Maxillaria hirtzii Dodson & Andreetta 1982

    - See also Maxillaria augustae-victoriae F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmSummerFall

    ~Maxillaria histiolugorum Rchb.f. 1852 - See Maxillaria buchtienii Schltr. 1929

    ~Maxillaria hoehneana P.F.Hunt 1965 - See Maxillaria camaridii [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1863

    ~Maxillaria hoehnei Schltr. 1921 - See Maxillaria picta Hook. 1832

  92. Maxillaria houtteana Rchb.f. 1858

    Part ShadeWarmCoolMOSTLYWinter To Spring

    Maxillaria huancabambae (Kraenzl.) C. Schweinf. 1945 - See Pityphyllum huancabambae ( Kraenzl. ) Whitten 2006

    ~Maxillaria huancabambae var. cuzcoensis C. Schweinf 1945 - See Pityphyllum huancabambae ( Kraenzl. ) Whitten 2006

    ~Maxillaria huebneri Schltr. 1925 - See Maxillaria desvauxiana Rchb. f. 1854

  93. Maxillaria huebschii Rchb. f.1888]

    Cool

    ~*Maxillaria hyacinthina Rchb. f. 1849 - See Xylobium hyacinthinum (Rchb. f.) Schltr. ?

  94. Maxillaria imbricata Barb.Rodr. 1877

    HotWinterSpringSummerFall

  95. Maxillaria inaudita Rchb. f. 1866

    Part shadeWarmTo CoolWinter Spring

  96. Maxillaria insolita Dressler 1981

    LATE and EARLY

    ~Maxillaria iridifolia (Bateman ex Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1854 - See Maxillaria valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Nash 1907

  97. Maxillaria irrorata Rchb.f. 1883

    Part shadeWarm Cold

    ~Maxillaria jamboensis Dodson 1994 - See Pityphyllum huancabambae ( Kraenzl. ) Whitten 2006

  98. Maxillaria juergensii Schltr. 1925

    WarmTo HotFalland Winter

    ~Maxillaria juergensii sensu Dodson & Vasquez 1982 - See Maxillaria nardoides Kraenzl. 1905

    ~*Maxillaria jugosa Lindley - See Pabstia jugosa [Lindley] Garay 1973

    ~Maxillaria koehleri Schltr. 1921 - See Maxillaria laevilabris Lindl. 1845

    ~Maxillaria kreysigii Rchb.f ex Beer 1854 - See Maxillaria rupestris Barb. Rodr. 1881

    ~Maxillaria kreysigii Hoffmanns. ex Regel 1856 - See Maxillaria picta Hook. 1832

    ~Maxillaria lactea Schltr. 1923 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria lactea Schlechter 1925- See Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f 1863

    ~Maxillaria lactiflora Pabst 1967 - See Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f 1863

  99. Maxillaria laevilabris Lindl. 1845

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmWinterSpringFall

    ~Maxillaria lancifolia (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1863 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria lanipes Ruiz and Pavon ? - See Lycaste ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. ex Rchb. f. 1856

  100. Maxillaria lankesteri Ames 1924

    Part shadeWarm TO HotFall

    ~Maxillaria lasioglossa Beer ? - See Lycaste lasioglossa Rchb. f. 1872

  101. Maxillaria lawrenceana (Rolfe) Garay & Dunst.1965

    Full ShadeWarm

    ~Maxillaria lawrencei Kraenzl. 1895 - See Promenaea xanthina Lindley 1843

  102. Maxillaria lehmannii Rchb.f 1886

    - See also Maxillaria grandiflora [H.B.K.]Lindley 1832

    Part sunWarmCool LATE SpringSummer

    ~Maxillaria leiantha Beer - See Lycaste deppei [Lodd.]Lindley 1843

    ~*Maxillaria lentiginosa Lindl. 1839 - See Promenaea lentiginosa (Lindl.) Lindl. 1843

    ~*Maxillaria leontoglossa Rchb. f. 1855 - See Xylobium leontoglossum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1889

  103. Maxillaria lepidota Lindl. 1845

    Part shadeWarmTo ColdSummer

    ~Maxillaria leptosepala Hook. 1849 - See Maxillaria setigera Lindl. 1845

  104. Maxillaria leucaimata Barb. Rodr. 1881

    Part shadeWarmTo Cool

    ~Maxillaria leucantha Klotzsch, Otto & A. Dietr. 1850 - See Lycaste leucantha Lindley 1851

    ~Maxillaria leucocheila Hoffmannsegg 1843 - See Maxillaria picta Hook. 1832

    ~*Maxillaria liliacea Lex. 1825 - See Govenia liliacea (Lex.) Lindl. 1839

  105. Maxillaria lindeniae Cogn. 1894

    ~Maxillaria lindeniana A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845 - See Maxillaria meleagris Lindl. 1844

    ~Maxillaria lindleyana Schltr. 1921 - See Maxillaria crocea Lindl. 1835

  106. Maxillaria linearifolia Ames & C. Schweinf.1930 NO PHOTO

    Part Shadehot toWarmFallWinter

    ~Maxillaria longibracteata var. grandiflora (Lindl.) C.Schweinf. 1945 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria longibracteata var luteorubra [Lindl.] Schweinf. 1945 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria longicaulis Schltr. 1929 - See Maxillaria meridensis Lindl. 1846

    ~Maxillaria longifolia (Barb. Rodr.) Cogn. 1904 - See Maxillaria discolor (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria longifolia [Kunth.] Lindley 1832 - See Eulophia alta (L.) Fawc. & Rendle 1910

  107. Maxillaria longiloba (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood 1993

    ScentPart shadeWarmCool

  108. Maxillaria longipes Lindl. 1845

    Part shadeColdTo Cool

    ~*Maxillaria longipetala Ruiz & Pavon 1798 - See Lycaste longipetala [Ruiz & Pavon] Garay 1962

    ~Maxillaria longipetala Barb Rodr. 1877 - See Maxillaria rodriguesii Cogn. 1904

    ~Maxillaria longisepala Rolfe 1890 - See Maxillaria macrura Rchb. f. 1877

  109. Maxillaria longissima Lindl. 1846

    Part shadeWarmTo Cool

    ~Maxillaria loretoensis C. Schweinf.1944 - See Maxillaria parkeri Hook. 1827

    Full shadeHot

  110. Maxillaria lueri Dodson 1980

    Deep shade HotWarm LATER Spring

    ~Maxillaria lutea Senghas 1993 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

  111. Maxillaria luteo-alba Lindl. 1846

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo CoolSpringand EARLY Summer

    ~Maxillaria luteo-grandiflora hort. 1871 - See Maxillaria luteo-alba Lindl. 1846

    ~Maxillaria luteola Beer 1854 - See Polystachya concreta [Jacq.] Garay & Sweet 1974

    ~Maxillaria luteorubra [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria lutescens Scheidw. 1839 - See Maxillaria camaridii Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria lyncea Lindl. 1842 - See Stanhopea tigrina Bateman ex Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria lyoni Lindley 1845 - See Maxillaria variabilis bateman ex Lindley 1837

    ~Maxillaria macleei Bateman ex Lindl. 1840 - Maxillaria uncata Lindl. 1837

    ~Maxillaria macrobulbosa Barb. Rod. 1882 - See Maxillaria chrysantha Barb. Rodr. 1871

    ~Maxillaria macrobulbon Hook. 1846 - See Lycaste macrobulbon Lindl. 1850-1

    ~*Maxillaria macrophylla Poepp. & Endl. 1836 - See Lycaste macrophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl. 1843

  112. Maxillaria macrura Rchb. f. 1877

    Part sunCool Spring

    ~Maxillaria macrura f. aurea Christenson 2004 - See Maxillaria macrura Rchb. f. 1877

  113. Maxillaria madida Lindl. 1838

    Part shadeWarmTo Cool

  114. Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]

    Part shadeColdSummerand Fall

    ~Maxillaria matogrossensis Brade 1939 - See Maxillaria equitans (Schltr.) Garay 1958

  115. Maxillaria matthewsii Lindley 1844 non Rchb.f

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmWinter THROUGH Summer

    ~Maxillaria matthewsii Rchb. f. 1863 non Lindley- See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria meirax Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881 - See Maxillaria notylioglossa Rchb. f. 1854

  116. Maxillaria meleagris Lindl. 1844

    FragrancePart shadeWarmTo Cool

  117. Maxillaria melina Lindl. 1846

    Part sunHotWarmSpring EARLY Summer

  118. Maxillaria meridensis Lindl. 1846 NO PHOTO

    Part shadeHotCoolSummer

  119. Maxillaria microphyton Schltr. 1910

    Warm"Cool

  120. Maxillaria miniata (Lindl.) L.O. Williams 1941

    Part shadeCold EARLY

  121. Maxillaria minor (Schltr.) L.O. Williams 1942

    Part sunWarmCoolFall THROUGH Spring

  122. Maxillaria minuta Cogn. 1904

    Part shadeHotSummer

  123. Maxillaria molitor Rchb. f. 1887

    FragrancePart shadeCoolTo ColdCoolTo ColdSpring THROUGH Fall

  124. Maxillaria mombachoensis A.Heller ex J.T.Atwood 1981

    Part Sun Hot toWarm

  125. Maxillaria monantha Barb. Rodr. 1891

    Full shadeHotTo Cool

    ~Maxillaria monoceras Klotsch 1863 - See Maxillaria rupestris Barb. Rodr. 1881

  126. Maxillaria moralesii Carnevali & J.T.Atwood 1996

    Part shadeHotTo WarmLATER FallWinter

  127. Maxillaria mosenii Kraenzl. 1911

    Part shadeWarmTo CoolSpringSummer

    ~Maxillaria murilliana Hoehne 1952 - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]

    ~Maxillaria mutabilis Hort ex Rchb.f 1855 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria nagelii L.O.Williams ex Correl 1948 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria nana Hook. f. 1841 - See Maxillaria uncata Lindl. 1837

  128. Maxillaria nardoides Kraenzl. 1905

    Part shadeHotWinter

    ~Maxillaria nasalis Rchb. f 1872 - See Maxillaria nasuta Rchb. f 1866

  129. Maxillaria nasuta Rchb. f. 1866

    Part shadeWarmSummer

    ~Maxillaria nervosa Rolfe 1895 - See Maxillaria cerifera Barb. Rodr. 1877

  130. Maxillaria nigrescens Lindl. 1846

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmSpring THROUGH Fall

    ~Maxillaria nivea (Lindl.) L.O.Williams 1941 - See Maxillaria miniata (Lindl.) L.O. Williams 1941

  131. Maxillaria notylioglossa Rchb. f. 1854

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmSpring

  132. Maxillaria nubigena (Rchb. f.) C. Schweinf. 1945 NO PHOTO

    WarmTo CoolSpringSummer

  133. Maxillaria nutans Lindl. 1845

    Part shadeCoolto ColdLATE Springand Summer

  134. Maxillaria obscura Linden & Rchb. f 1866

    Full ShadeCool Fall THROUGHSpring

  135. Maxillaria ochroleuca Lodd. ex Lindley 1824

    Part sun Cool

    ~Maxillaria oxysepala Schltr. - See Maxillaria nasuta Rchb. f. 1866

  136. Maxillaria pachyacron Schltr. 1911

    Part ShadeWarmCoolSummer THROUGH EARLYSpring

  137. Maxillaria pachyphylla Schltr. ex Hoehne 1936

    Part sunWarmHotFall

  138. Maxillaria paleata (Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll 1943NO PHOTO

    Part shadeCoolTo Cold MID Spring THROUGH MID Winter

    ~Maxillaria pallidiflava (Schltr.) Senghas 1993 - See Maxillaria microphyton Schltr. 1910

    ~*Maxillaria pallidiflora Hook. 1828 - See Xylobium pallidiflorum (Hook.) G. Nicholson 1887

    ~Maxillaria pallidiflora Rchb.f. - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832

    ~Maxillaria panamensis Schltr. 1922 - See Maxillaria variabilis Bateman ex Lindl. 1837

    ~*Maxillaria paniculata Ruiz & Pav. 1798 - See Cyrtopodium paniculatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay 1962

    ~Maxillaria pantherina Hoffmanns. in ?. - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854

  139. Maxillaria parahybunensis Cogn. 1906

    Part shadeCool To ColdLATE Springand EARLY Summer

  140. Maxillaria parkeri Hook. 1827

    Full ShadeHotFallWinter

  141. Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

    Part ShadeCoolTo HotWinterSpringSummerFall

    ~*Maxillaria parvula Hook. 1826 - See Bifrenaria parvula (Hook.) Rchb.f. 1862

  142. Maxillaria pendens Pabst 1972

    Full shadeWarmTo HotFall

    ~Maxillaria penduliflora Fenzl 1854-5 - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832

    ~Maxillaria perparva Garay & Dunsterv. 1976 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali & G.A. Romero 2000

  143. Maxillaria perryae Dodson 1982

    Part shadeHotTo WarmLATE Winter

    ~Maxillaria pertusa Lindl. ex Rchb. f.1924 - See Maxillaria lepidota Lindl. 1845

    ~Maxillaria petiolaris A. Rich. ex Rchb. f. 1882 - See Maxillaria desvauxiana Rchb. f. 1854

    ~*Maxillaria petiolaris Schltr.1925 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali & G.A. Romero 2000

  144. Maxillaria phoenicanthera Barb. Rodr. 1881

    Part shadeWarmTo CoolLATE Fall

    ~Maxillaria phyllomega Steud. 1841 - See Lycaste macrophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl. 1843

  145. Maxillaria picta Hook. 1832

    Part sunWarm Cool WinterSpring

    ~Maxillaria picta var brunnea Reichenbach f. - See Maxillaria consanguinea Klotzsch 1853

    ~Maxillaria picta var rupestris Hooker 1832 - See Maxillaria rupestris Barb. Rodr. 1881

    ~Maxillaria plebeja Hoehne 1930 - See Maxillaria ferdinandiana Barb. Rodr. 1881

  146. Maxillaria plebeja Rchb.f 1859

    Part shadeCool To WarmSpring

    ~Maxillaria polyphylla Rchb. f. 1863 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

  147. Maxillaria ponerantha Rchb.f. 1854

    Full ShadeHotWarm Spring

  148. Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb. f. 1873

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo CoolLATE Winterand Spring

    ~Maxillaria porphyrostele var. chrysanthoides Hoehne 1952 - See Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb. f. 1873

    ~Maxillaria porphyrostele var. fuscobracteata Porsch 1908 - See Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb. f. 1873

    ~Maxillaria porphyrostele var. minutipunctulata Hoehne 1952 - See Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb. f. 1873

    ~Maxillaria porphyrostele var. submarginata Hoehne 1952 - See Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb. f. 1873

  149. Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    Part shadeHotTo CoolSpring

    ~Maxillaria powelii Schlechter 1922 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

  150. Maxillaria praestans Rchb. f 1885

    - See also Maxillaria cucullata Lindl

    Cool To HotSpringSummerFall

  151. Maxillaria proboscidea Rchb.f. 1854

    Part sunHotWarmSpring

  152. Maxillaria procurrens Lindl. 1845

    Partial ShadeCool Spring

  153. Maxillaria pseudoneglecta J.T.Atwood 1993 Part ShadeHot" WarmSpringFall

  154. Maxillaria pseudoreichenheimiana Dodson 1980

    Part shadeHotTo WarmWinter

    ~Maxillaria pubigera Kl. 1855 - See Bifrenaria harrisonae [Hooker]Rchb.f 1855

    ~Maxillaria pubilabia Schlechter - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria pudica Carnevali & J.L.Tapia 2001 - See Maxillaria acutifolia Lindley 1839

  155. Maxillaria pulchra (Schltr.) L.O. Williams 1947

    Part shadeHot

  156. Maxillaria pulla Linden & Rchb. f. 1854

    Part shadeColdCoolWinter

  157. Maxillaria pumila Hook. 1837

    Part shadeHotSpringand Summer

    ~Maxillaria punctata Hoehne not Lodd. 1949 - See Maxillaria rupestris Barb. Rodr. 1881

    ~Maxillaria punctata Lodd. - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832

    ~Maxillaria punctata Schlechter 1914 - See Maxillaria phoenicanthera Barb. Rodr. 1881

  158. Maxillaria puncto-striata Rchb. f. 1877.

    Part shadeWarmTo CoolSummerTHROUGH Fall

    ~Maxillaria punctulata Klotzsch 1851 - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]

    ~Maxillaria purpurea (Wight) Beer 1854 - See Polystachya concreta [Jacq.] Garay & Sweet 1974

    ~Maxillaria purpurea (Spreng.) Ames & Correll - See Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

    ~Maxillaria purpurea var. parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) C. Schweinf. - See Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

    ~Maxillaria purpurea var. purpurea - See Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

    ~Maxillaria purpurescens Knowls & Westcott 1861 - See Bifrenaria parvula (Hook.) Rchb.f. 1862

    ~Maxillaria queirogana Barb. Rodr. - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832

  159. Maxillaria quitensis (Rchb.f.) C.Schweinf. 1970

    Part shadeHotCoolSpring

    ~*Maxillaria racemosa Hook 1827 - See Bifrenaria racemosa Lindl. 1843

  160. Maxillaria ramonensis Schltr. 1923

    Part shadeHotTo Warm LATERSpringTHROUGHFall

  161. Maxillaria ramosa Ruiz & Pav. 1798

    Part ShadeCoolTo Hot

    ~Maxillaria rebellis Rchb. f. 1853-4 - See Xylobium colleyi (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rolfe 1890

  162. Maxillaria reichenheimiana Endres & Rchb. f. 1871

    Part shadeHotTo WarmSummerand Fall

    ~Maxillaria repens L.O.Williams 1942 - See Maxillaria ramosa Ruiz & Pav. 1798

    ~Maxillaria revoluta Kl. - See Maxillaria variabilis Bateman ex Lindley 1837

    ~Maxillaria rhodosticta Kraenzl. 1928 - See Maxillaria scorpioidea Kraenzl. 1911

  163. Maxillaria rhombea Lindl. 1840 - See also Maxillaria cucullata Lindl. 1840

    CoolWinter

  164. Maxillaria richii Dodson 1994

    Part shadeCoolTo HotWinterSpringSummerFall

  165. Maxillaria rigida Barb.Rodr. 1881

    Part SunWarm

  166. Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f 1863

    FragrancePart shadeCoolTo HotSummer

  167. Maxillaria rodriguesii Cogn. 1904

  168. Maxillaria rodrigueziana J.T. Atwood & Mora-Ret. 1989

    FragrancePart shadeHotSpringFall

    ~Maxillaria rollinsonii Steud. 1840 - See Promenaea rollisonii (Rchb. f.) Lindl. 1843

    ~Maxillaria rousseauae Schlechter 1918- See Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f 1863

  169. Maxillaria ruberrima (Lindl.) Garay 1967

    Full ShadeWarmCold Spring EARLY Summer

  170. Maxillaria rubioi Dodson 1994

    Part shadeHotWinter

    ~Maxillaria rubrilabia Schltr 1923 - See Maxillaria puncto-striata Rchb. f. 1877

    ~Maxillaria rubro-fusca Klotzsch 1853 - See Maxillaria nigrescens Lindl. 1846

    ~Maxillaria rudolfii Hoehne 1947 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali & G.A. Romero 2000

  171. Maxillaria rufescens Lindley 1835

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo CoolWinterSpringSummerFall

    ~Maxillaria rufescens var. flavida Rchb. f. 1869 - See Maxillaria rufescens Lindley 1835

    ~Maxillaria rufescens var. florida Rchb. f. 1869 - See Maxillaria rufescens Lindley 1835

    ~Maxillaria rufescens Lindley var minor Fawc. & Rendl. 1910 - See Maxillaria acutifolia Lindley 1839

    ~Maxillaria rugosa Scheidw. 1843 - See Maxillaria rufescens Lindley 1835

  172. Maxillaria rupestris Barb. Rodr. 1881

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo CoolWinter To EARLY Spring

    ~Maxillaria queirogana Barb.Rodr. 1877 - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832

  173. Maxillaria sanantonioensis Christenson 2002

    Partial ShadeCool Spring

  174. Maxillaria sanderiana Rchb. f. ex Sander 1888

    FragrancePart shadeWarmTo CoolSummerand Fall

  175. Maxillaria sanguinea Rolfe 1895

    FragrancePart shadeHotWinter

    ~Maxillaria sanguinolenta (Lindl.) C.Schweinf. 1948 - See Maxillaria miniata (Lindl.) L.O. Williams 1941

    ~*Maxillaria saragurensis Dodson 1994 - See Pityphyllum saragurense ( Dodson ) Whitten Jun 2006

    ~Maxillaria saxicola Schltr. 1924 - See Maxillaria lepidota Lindl. 1845

    ~Maxillaria scabrilinguis (Lindl.) Lindl - See Xylobium variegatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay & Dunst. 1961

  176. Maxillaria scalariformis J.T.Atwood 1998-9

  177. Maxillaria schlechteriana (C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood 1994

    Part shadeWarmTo Cold MID Fall THROUGH MID Winter

  178. Maxillaria schunkeana M.A. Campacci & R.A. Kautsky 1993

    Part shadeWarm TO Cool

  179. Maxillaria scorpioidea Kraenzl. 1911

    Part shadeHotTo ColdWinterSpringSummerFall

  180. Maxillaria seidelii Pabst 1960

    Part shadeCool To Cold

    ~Maxillaria semiorbicularis Ames & C.Schweinf. 1925 - See Maxillaria bradeorum (Schltr.) L.O.Williams 1941

    ~ Maxillaria serotina Hoehne non Barb. Rodr. 1930 - See Maxillaria consanguinea Klotzsch 1853

    ~ Maxillaria serotina Barb. Rodr. 1882 - See Maxillaria chrysantha Barb. Rodr. 1871

  181. Maxillaria serrulata Ames & Correll 1943

    WarmCoolSummer

    ~Maxillaria sessilis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle 1910 - See Maxillaria crassifolia [Lindl.] Reichb.f. 1854

  182. Maxillaria setigera Lindl. 1845

    Part shadeWarmTo Hot

    ~Maxillaria setigera Kraenzel. non Lindley 1911 - See Maxillaria bradei Schltr. ex Hoehne 1936

    ~Maxillaria setigera var. carolii I.Bock 1984 - See Maxillaria setigera Lindl. 1845

    ~Maxillaria seymouriana J.T.Atwood 1981 - See Maxillaria praestans Rchb. f 1885 - See also Maxillaria cucullata Lindl.

  183. Maxillaria shepheardii Rolfe 1917

    ~Maxillaria similis Garay & Dunst. 1976 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

    Maxillaria simulans Ames & C. Schweinf. 1930 - See Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

    ~Maxillaria skinneri Lindl. 1840 - See Lycaste skinneri (Bateman ex Lindl.) Lindl. 1843

    ~*Maxillaria skinneri Bateman ex Lindley 1842 - See Lycaste skinneri (Bateman ex Lindl.) Lindl. 1843

  184. Maxillaria soconuscana Breedlove & D.Mally 1989

    Part shadeColdTo Cool WinterFall

  185. Maxillaria sophronitis (Rchb. f.) Garay 1958

    Part shadeWarmTo CoolFalland EARLY Winter

    ~Maxillaria spathacea Lindley 1832 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker]Rchb.f 1855

  186. Maxillaria sp. aff. setigera Lindley 1845

    Part shadeWarmTo HotLATE Winterand EARLY Spring

  187. Maxillaria speciosa Rchb. f. 1876

    Part shadeCoolWarm

  188. Maxillaria spegazziniana Kraenzl. 1908

  189. Maxillaria spilotantha Rchb.f. 1854

    Part shadeColdTo Warm

  190. Maxillaria spiritu-sanctensis Pabst 1979

  191. Maxillaria splendens Poepp. & Endl. 1836

    Part shadeHotCoolFall

    ~Maxillaria squalens (Lindl.) Hook 1829 - See Xylobium variegatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay & Dunst. 1961

    ~Maxillaria squalens var genuina Mutel 1840 - See Xylobium variegatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay & Dunst. 1961

    ~Maxillaria squalens var taffinii Mutel 1840 - See Xylobium variegatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay & Dunst. 1961

    ~Maxillaria squamata Barb. Rodr. 1877 - See Maxillaria uncata Lindl. 1837

    ~Maxillaria stachybiorum Rchb.f 1852 - See Xylobium foveatum [Lindley]Nichols 1887

    ~*Maxillaria stapelioides Lindl. 1832 - See Promenaea stapelioides (Lindley) Lindl. 1843

    ~*Maxillaria steelei Hook 1837 - See Scuticaria kautskyi Pabst 1972

    ~Maxillaria stenobulbon Klotzsch 1853 - See Xylobium pallidiflorum (Hook.) G. Nicholson 1887

    ~Maxillaria stenopetala Knowles & Westcott 1838 - See Bifrenaria aureofulva [Hkr.]Lindley 1843

    ~Maxillaria stenostele Schltr. 1918 - See Maxillaria uncata Lindl. 1837

  192. Maxillaria steyermarkii Foldats 1968

    to

  193. Maxillaria striata Rolfe

    Part shadeCoolTo HotLATE Summerand Fall

    ~Maxillaria striatella Kraenzl. 1928 - See Maxillaria uncata Lindl. 1837

    ~Maxillaria strumata (Endres & Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll 1943 - See Sepalosaccus strumatus (Endres & Rchb.f.) Garay 1962

  194. Maxillaria subulata Lindl 1832

    ~*Maxillaria superba Lex. 1825 - See Govenia superba (La Llave & Lex.) Lindl. ex Lodd. 1831

    ~Maxillaria superflua Rchb. f. 1856 - See Maxillaria discolor (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria supina Poepp. & Endl 1836 - See Xylobium variegatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay & Dunst. 1961

    ~Maxillaria surinamensis Focke ex Rchb. f. 1863 - See Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

    ~Maxillaria tafallae (Rchb.f.) C.Schweinf. 1945 - See Maxillaria ramosa Ruiz & Pav. 1798

    ~Maxillaria tarumaënsis Hoehne 1947 - See Maxillaria discolor (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

  195. Maxillaria tenuifolia Lindley 1837

    FragrancePart shadeCoolTo HotSpringand Summer

    ~*Maxillaria tetragona Lindley 1831 - See Bifrenaria tetragona (Lindl.) Schltr. 1908

  196. Maxillaria tonsbergii Christenson 2000

  197. Maxillaria tonsoniae Soto Arenas 1992 NO PHOTO

    FragrancePart shadeHotTo Cool

    ~Maxillaria triangularis Lindl. 1845 - See Maxillaria elatior (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria tricolor Klotzsch 1852 - See Lycaste tricolor (Klotzsch) Rchb. f. 1863

    ~Maxillaria tricolor Lindl. 1842 - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]

    ~Maxillaria trilobata Ames & Correll 1943 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

  198. Maxillaria triloris E. Morren 1870

    Part shadeWarmTo CoolSpring

    ~Maxillaria trinitatis Ames 1923 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    Part shadeWarmTo Hot

    ~Maxillaria trinitensis Broadway 1926 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

    ~Maxillaria tuerckheimii Schlechter 1912 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

  199. Maxillaria turkeliae Christenson 2000

    Part shadeCoolTo Warm

    ~Maxillaria turialbae Schltr. 1918 - See Maxillaria friedrichsthalii Rchb. f. 1852

    ~Maxillaria turneri G.Nicholson 1885 - See Maxillaria luteo-alba Lindl. 1846

    ~Maxillaria tyrianthina hort. ex W. Baxter 1850 - See Bifrenaria tyrianthina (Loudon) Rchb. f. 1858

  200. Maxillaria ubatubana Hoehne 1947

  201. Maxillaria umbratilis L.O.Williams 1941

    and

  202. Maxillaria uncata Lindl. 1837

    Part shadeCoolTo Hot WinterSpringSummerFall

    ~Maxillaria vagans Ames & C. Schweinf. 1925 - See Maxillaria bracteata (Schltr.) Ames & Correll 1943

  203. Maxillaria valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Nash 1907

    Part shadeHot SpringSummer

    ~Maxillaria valenzuelana subsp. angustata J.T. Atwood 1989 - See Maxillaria valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Nash 1907

    ~Maxillaria vandiformis (Schltr.) C. Schweinf. 1945 - See Maxillaria equitans (Schltr.) Garay 1958

    ~Maxillaria vanillodora Rchb.f. 1857 - See Maxillaria rufescens Lindley 1835

  204. Maxillaria variabilis Bateman ex Lindl. 1837

    Part shadeHotTo CoolWinterSpringSummerFall

    ~*Maxillaria variegata Ruiz & Pav. 1798 - Xylobium variegatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay & Dunst. 1961

    Endemic to Ecuador at elevations of 2050 to 2500 meters in cloud forests on eastern slopes of the Andes.

  205. Maxillaria venusta L. Linden & Rchb. f. 1854

    Part shade WarmCold

  206. Maxillaria vernicosa Barb. Rodr. 1877

    Part shadeCool To WarmSpring

    ~Maxillaria verrucifera C. Schweinf.1945 - See Maxillaria desvauxiana Rchb. f. 1854

    ~Maxillaria vestita (Sw.) A.Lemée in ?. - See Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1967

  207. Maxillaria villosa (Barb. Rodr.) Cogn. 1904

    ~Maxillaria virginalis Schweidf. 1842 - See Lycaste skinneri [Batem. ex Lindley] Lindley 1843

  208. Maxillaria violaceo-punctata Rchb. f. 1855

    FragrancePart shadeHotWinterand EARLY Spring

    ~*Maxillaria viridis Lindl. 1832 - See Pabstia viridis (Lindl.) Garay 1973

    ~Maxillaria viridis var uniflora platysepala Regel 1856 - See Pabstia viridis (Lindl.) Garay 1973

    MAxillaria viridis var pluriflora Regel 1856 - See Pabstia viridis (Lindl.) Garay 1973

    ~*Maxillaria vitellina Lindl. 1838 - See Bifrenaria vitellina (Lindl.) Lindl. 1843

  209. Maxillaria vitelliniflora Barb. Rodr. 1877

  210. Maxillaria vulcanica F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899

    Part shadeWarm To Cool

    ~Maxillaria wageneri (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1856 - See Teuscheria wageneri (Rchb.f.) Garay 1967

    ~*Maxillaria warreana Lodd. ex Lindl. 1832 - See Warrea warreana (Lodd. ex Lindl.) C. Schweinf. 1955

  211. Maxillaria wercklei (Schltr.) L.O. Williams 1940

    Part shadeCoolTo WarmWinterSummerFall

  212. Maxillaria witsenioides Schltr. 1920

    Part shadeHot To WarmLATE Winter and Spring

    ~Maxillaria wrightii (Schltr.) Ames & Correll 1943 - See Maxillaria paleata (Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll 1943

    ~Maxillaria wrightii var. imbricata (Schltr.) Ames & Correll 1943 - See Maxillaria schlechteriana (C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood 1994

    ~Maxillaria xanthina Lindley 1839 - See Promenaea xanthina Lindley 1843

    ~Maxillaria xantholeuca Schltr. 1921 - See Maxillaria alpestris Lindley

    ~Maxillaria xantholeuca var. peruviana C. Schweinf. 1945 - See Maxillaria alpestris Lindley 1845

    ~Maxillaria ysabalensis S. Watson 1888 - See Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f 1863

    ~Maxillaria yzabalana S. Wats. 1888 - See Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f 1863

~Maxillariella M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillareae, SUBTRIBE Maxillariinae

~Maxillariella acervata (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria acervata Rchb. f. 1855

~Maxillariella alba (Hook.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria alba (Hook.) Lindl. 1832

~Maxillariella anceps (Ames & C. Schweinf.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 -See Maxillaria anceps Ames & C. Schweinf. 1930

~Maxillariella arbuscula (Lindl.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria arbuscula (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1856

~Maxillariella caespitifica (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria caespitifica Rchb. f. 1876

~Maxillariella cassapensis (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

~Maxillariella caucana (Schltr.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 -See Maxillaria caucana Schltr. 1920

~Maxillariella cobanensis (Schltr.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria cobanensis Schltr. 1912

~Maxillariella costaricensis (Schltr.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 -See Maxillaria costaricensis Schltr. 1923

~Maxillariella curtipes (Hook.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria curtipes Hook. 1841

~Maxillariella diuturna (Ames & C. Schweinf.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007- See Maxillaria diuturna Ames & C.Schweinf. 1925

~Maxillariella elatior (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria elatior (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Maxillariella funicaulis (C. Schweinf.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria funicaulis C.Schweinf. 1945

~Maxillariella graminifolia (Kunth) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 -See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

~Maxillariella guareimensis (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria guareimensis Rchb. f. 1854

~Maxillariella houtteana (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria houtteana Rchb.f. 1858

~Maxillariella lawrenceana (Rolfe) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria lawrenceana (Rolfe) Garay & Dunst.1965

~Maxillariella linearifolia (Ames & C. Schweinf.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria linearifolia Ames & C. Schweinf.1930

~Maxillariella luteorubra (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb. f. 1863

~Maxillariella ponerantha (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria ponerantha Rchb.f. 1854

~Maxillariella procurrens (Lindl.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria procurrens Lindl. 1845

~Maxillariella sanguinea (Rolfe) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria sanguinea Rolfe 1895

~Maxillariella spilotantha (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria spilotantha Rchb.f. 1854

~Maxillariella tenuifolia (Lindl.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria tenuifolia Lindley 1837

~Maxillariella tuerckheimii (Schltr.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. 1838

~Maxillariella variabilis (Bateman ex Lindl.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria variabilis Bateman ex Lindl. 1837

~Maxillariella vulcanica (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria vulcanica F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899

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