Maxillaria neowiedii Rchb.f.1876

sect. Urceolatae Christenson 2013

Photo by © John Varigos and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Common Name or Meaning Neowied's Maxillaria [In honor of Prince Maximilian of Weid- Neuwied, German Expedition leader to Brazil in early 1800's]

Flower Size .24" [.85 cm] long

Found in Bahia, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero, Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states of Brazil to Misiones Argentina in seasonally dry to wet forests at elevations of 200 to 1700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with a clumping, tufting, much branching rhizome giving rise to narrowly ovoid, ridged, green to purplish brown pseudobulbs enveloped by scarious bracts and carrying 2, apical, suberect, needle-like, acute, wiry to leathery leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a very short, lateral, single flowered inflorescence. .

Synonyms Christensonella neowiedii (Rchb.f.) S.Koehler 2007; Christensonella vernicosa (Barb.Rodr.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek 2006; Christensonella vitelliniflora (Barb.Rodr.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek 2006; Maxillaria neowiedii var. longifolia Cogn. 1904; Maxillaria vernicosa Barb.Rodr. 1877; Maxillaria vitelliniflora Barb.Rodr. 1877;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as M vernicosa drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as M vitelliniflora drawing good; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as M neuwiedii sic drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as M vernicosa drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as M vittelliniflora drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 12 1983 photo as M vitelliniflora; Die Orchideen lieferung 28 Schlechter/Brieger 1993 as M vernicosa; Die Orchideen lieferung 28 Schlechter/Brieger 1993 as M vitelliniflora photo ok; 100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 as M vitelliniflora photo fide; aos bULLETIN vOL 75 #9 2006 PHOTO PLANT ONLY; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #7 2011 as Christoniella vitellinifolia photo fide; A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Parsons & Gerritsen 2013 as Christensonella neowiedii photos fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #4 2014 as Christonella neowiedii photo fide

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