Maxillaria cogniauxiana W. Hoehne 1933 Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

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Common Name Cogniaux' Maxillaria [Belgian Botanist in Brazil late 1800's early 1900's]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Rio de Janiero, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana' States of Brazil in primary forests at elevations up to 1400 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphtye with cylindrical, light greenslightly ridged speudobulbs carrying 2, apical, dark green, narrowly linear-lanceolate, deeply keeled leaves that blooms in the fall on a short single flowered inflorescence arising on a newly matured pseudobulb and holding the flower against the pseudobulb.

Synonyms Christensonella cogniauxiana ( Hoehne ) Szlach. , Mytnik , Górniak & ?miszek 2006; Maxillaria cogniauxiana var. latifolia (Hoehne) Pabst 1972; Maxillaria cogniauxiana var. pygmaea (Hoehne) Pabst 1978; Maxillaria heterophylla Hoehne 1952; Maxillaria heterophylla var. acicularifolia Hoehene 1952; Maxillaria heterophylla var. intermedia Hoehne 1952; Maxillaria heterophylla var. latifolia Hoehne 1952; Maxillaria heterophylla var. longifolia Hoehne 1952; Maxillaria heterophylla var. pygmaea Hoehne 1952

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994

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