Maxillaria sanguinea

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Family: Orchidaceae

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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.

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• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: monocots
• Order: Asparagales
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• Family: Orchidaceae
• SubFamily: Epidendroideae
• Tribe: Cymbidieae
• SubTribe: Maxillariinae

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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