Maxillaria stenophylla Rchb.f. 1854 sect. Erectae Pfitz 1889 Photo by © G. Chiron and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbarium

Plant and Flower Photo by © K. Senghas and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbarium

EARLY

Common Name The Slim Leaved Maxillaria

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Venezuela, Guyana, Fr Guiana, Surinam and Ecuador in cloud forests at elevations around 1900 meters as a small to medium sized, cool, pendant to erect growing epiphyte with cylindrical, elongate pseudobulbs enveloped completely by leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, unequally bilobed apically, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the spring, summer and early fall on an axillary, short, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Maxillariella stenophylla (Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #9 1967; Flora de Venezuela Volumen XV Part 4 Foldats 1970 drawing good; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide; The Orchids of Surinam Werkhoven 1986; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 116 Bennett & Christenson 1993 drawing fide;Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 28 1713 - 1776 Brieger 1993photo fide; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 2 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003 drawing ; Orchids of Costa Rica Vol 2 Morales 2009 as Camarisium stenophyllum photo fide; Orquideas de Roirama Luz & Franco 2012 as Maxillariella stenophylla photo ok;

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