Maxillaria nutans Lindl. 1845 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Jospeh Dougherty

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Common Name The Nodding Maxillaria

Flower Size

Found in Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 1800 to 3000 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or terrestrial that blooms in the spring and summer

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Colombian Native Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo fide; Las Orquideas del Peru Bezverhov 2011 photo fide

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