Maxillaria wojii Christenson 2000 Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

Full Shade Spring

Common Name Woj's Maxillaria [American Orchid Enthusiast and grower of species current]

Flower Size 6" [15 cm]

Found in Colombia with elliptic, compressed pseduobulbs completely enveloped by foliaceous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, oblong-elliptic, acute, arching, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on 1 to 3, horizontal, single flowered, shorter inflorescence enveloped by elliptic, tubular, inflated, acute, keeled floral bracts that surpass the ovary in length.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 8 2000 pg 764

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