Maxillaria ferruginea Christenson 2009 publ. 2008 sect. Camaridium

Photo by © Rodrigo Escobar

Common Name The Rust Colored Maxillaria

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Colombia and Chimboraza province of Ecuador in montane forests at elevations around 600 to 1800 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with elongate, branching rhizomes giving rise to ovoid, compressed pseudobulbs subtended by foliaceous bracts with blades subequal to the single, ligulate, obliquely bilobed apically leaf that blooms in the fall on 1 to 2, axillary, arising from the base of newly matured growths, peduncle to 1" [2.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

Often cited as Maxillaria imbricata a yellowish, white flowered species native to Brazil and Bolivia,

Synonyms Camaridium ferrugineum (Christenson) M.A.Blanco 2013

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide;

Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 drawing;

* Richardiana 9: 35 E A Christenson 2009 publ. 2008 photo fide;

Maxillaria An Unfinished Monograph E A Christenson 2013 photo/ drawing fide;

Selbyana 31: 53 M A Blanco 2013

Orquideas de Farallones de Cali Galindo-Tarazona, Haelterman, Zuluaga Trochez and Sebastian Moreno 2020 as Camarisium ferruginea photo fide

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