Maxillaria ctenostachys Rchb.f. 1870

Inflorescence Photo by © The Wilson Botanical Garden and their Collections Page

Common Name The Comb-Like Raceme Maxillaria

Flower Size 1 to 1.6" [2.5 to 4 cm]

Found in Costa Rica and Panama at elevations of 1000 to 2800 meters as a medium to giant sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with cane-like stems terminating in an ovoid to conic pseudobulb enveloped by 1 to more foliaceous sheaths and carrying 2, apical, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, gradually narrowing below into the conuplicate base leaves that blooms in the fall on 1 to more, 1.2" [3 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb.

Synonyms Camaridium arachnites Schltr. 1922; Camaridium ctenostachys (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1923

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 17: 73. Panama Schlechter 1922 as Camaridium arachnites; Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19: 238. Costa Rica Schlechter 1923 as Camaridium ctenostachis; Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19: 304. Costa Rica Schlechter 1923 as Camaridium ctenostachis; Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993; Fieldiana Biology, Flora Costa Ricensis Family # 39 Orchidaceae, subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae Atwood & Mora 1997; Orchids of Costa Rica Vol 4 Morales 2009 as Camaridium ctenostachys photo fide;

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