Maxillaria caucana Schltr. 1920 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Common Name The Cauca Maxillaria

Flower Size

Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 550 to 1450 as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a scrambling rhizome enveloped by distichous, elliptic, round leaves that blooms on a very short, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Maxillariella caucana (Schltr.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002