Maxillaria irrorata Rchb.f. 1883 Photo by © Charles Rowden

Another Flower? Photo by Lourens Grobler ©

Part shade Cool Cold

Common Name The Dewed Maxillaria

Flower Size

Found in Ecuador at elevations of 1700 to 3000 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte that blooms on a 3.2" [8 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Similar to Maxillaria augustae-victoriae, M christensonii M colombiana, M crispiloba, M × dichroma, M x doucetiana, M eburnea, M elegantula, M fletcheriana, M fucata, M grandiflora, M grandis, M lehmannii, M macropoda, M sanderiana and Maxillaria turkeliae

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 photo fide; ; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 7 2000 photo fide; Maxillaria an Unfinished Monograph Vol 1 Christenson 2013 photos fide

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