Maxillaria bomboizensis Dodson 1994 sect. Camaridium [Lindl.] Christenson 2013 Drawing by Calaway Dodson

Part shade Warm

Common Name The Bomboiza Maxillaria [A town in Morona Santiago province of Ecuador]

Flower Size 1.12" [2.8 cm]

Found in Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador at elevations around 800 meters as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with an erect, stout, branching stem enveloped completely by inflated sheaths and carrying 3 to 5, apical, linear-oblong, obtuse, conduplicate below into the base leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, sessile, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Camaridium bomboizense (Dodson) M.A.Blanco 2007 contrary to Art. Art. 34.2 ICBN 2006; Sauvetrea bomboizensis (Dodson) M.A.Blanco 2008 without basionym ref.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 drawing fide

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