Maxillaria acervata Rchb. f. 1855

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Ralf Kappel © Leipzig Germany

Part SunHot WarmFall THROUGHSpring

Common Name The Bundled Maxillaria

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in primary montane and premontane eveergreen forests at elevations of 500 to 2000 meters as a small to just medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a branching rhizome giving rise to ovoid, compressed pseudobulbs enveloped by basal sheaths when young and carrying [1] to 2 apical , oblong-lanceolate, obtusely to unequally bilobate leaves the blooms in the fall through spring on an axillary, .4" [1 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising on a newly emerging leafy growth and with the ovary and pedicel enveloped by a subtending bract.

Synonyms Maxillaria foliosa Ames & C. Schweinf. 1925; Maxillariella acervata (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Fieldiana Biology, Flora Costa Ricensis Family # 39 Orchidaceae, subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae Atwood & Mora 1997;

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