Maxillaria procurrens Lindl. 1845 Photo by Jay Pfahl ©

Partial ShadeCool Spring

Common Name The Outstanding Maxillaria

Flower Size 1 3/4" [4.5 cm]

Found in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador in dense forests at elevations around 1800 to 2200 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with a branching rhizome giving rise to strongly compressed, bright yellowish green, ovate pseudobulbs enveloped basally by a few leafless and leaf bearing above sheaths and carrying 2, apical, erect, linear, gradually narrowing into the conduplicate base leaves that blooms in the spring on a horizontal, basal, 1.2" [3 cm] long, terete inflorescence arising on a mature pseuduobulb and enveloped almost completely by small, maroon, imbricating bracts .

Synonyms Maxillariella procurrens (Lindl.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 drawing fide; Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide; Native Colombia Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 2 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide;

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