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Maxillaria pendula

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

(Poeppig & Endlicher) C. Schweinfurth

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Nicaragua
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• All year

Fruiting Times

Epiphytic or lithophytic scandent or pendent rhizomatous orchid, fleshy leaves to 200mm x 50mm, axillary inflorescence with bracts, flowers to 10mm long with greenish-white sespals & p[etals often suffused pink, sometimes grey-brown, white to ochre yellow with purple or pink spots, sepals to 10mm x 1.7mm, petals to 9mm x 1.5mm, capsule to 12mm x 8mm

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Fedde