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Accession Data

Maxillaria sanguinea

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: Costa Rica to W. Panama

Description: Rhizomes with pseudobulbs at short intervals, pseudobulbs ellipsoid, flattened, to 1.25 inches long, 1-leavedl leaves grass-like, to 16 inches long; scapes to 1.25 inches long; flowers fleshy, deep red or bronze with yellowish blotches, sepals oblong-elliptic, to 1 inch long, petals elliptic-oblanceolate, to 0.75 inches long, lip obscurely 3-lobed, oblong-elliptic with whitish tip, to 0.5 inches long.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199900062

Accession Date: 1999-06-08

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3224

Quantity: 2

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Cymbidieae

SubTribe: Maxillariinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 May 2015.
  3. WCSP (2014). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 20 May 2015.

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Maxillaria sanguinea