Side View of Flower

Another Flower

Photos by © Eric Hunt

Flower Closeup

Photo by © Jay Pfahl, plant grown by Arturo Carrillo

Plant and Flowers in situ Ecuador

Photo by Lourens Grobler

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Common Name The Inward-Rolling Maxillaria [Refers to the sepals]

Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 800 to 2000 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with pseudobulbs enveloped completely by oblong-ligulate, acute, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms on erect, single flowered inflorescence with ligulate, acute bracts.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878; Orquideologia Vol 17 #3 1988 as subgen Camaridium; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 28 1713 - 1776 Brieger 1993 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 22 #2 2002 photo fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 2 2004 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 No 2 2009 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 28 #1 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #4 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 6 2019 photo fide; Orquideas de Farallones de Cali Galindo-Tarazona, Haelterman, Zuluaga Trochez and Sebastian Moreno 2020 photo fide

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