Maxillaria calantha Schltr. 1921
Side view of Flower Photos by Joseph Dougherty, ©
Common Name The Beautiful Blooming Maxillaria
Flower Size 4" [10cm]
Found in Ecuador and Peru as a medium sized, cold growing epiphyte at elevations of 2000 to 2800 meters with ovoid, rugose pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptical-oblong leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, erect to suberect, 6" [15 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten IV Peru Schlechter 1921; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo fide;
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