Maxillaria speciosa Rchb. f. 1876

Flower Closeup Photos by © Andreas Philipp

Inflorescence photo by Eric Hunt, plant grown by Petite Plaisance Orchids ©

Common Name The Outstanding Maxillaria

Flower Size to 8" [to 20 cm]

Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 1500 to 2300 meters as a small to medium szied, warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter on several, erect, single flowered inflorecence arising on maturing growths.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 6 1999 photo; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 2 2004 photo;

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