Maxillaria crassifolia
Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized orchid is endangered in Florida, but more common across the rest of its range.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- Year round; peaks in May and November
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bees
- Provenance
- Collected directly from the wild; origin known
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 1982-6911D
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is .4-1.2" (1-3 cm) long with a single pale yellow flower - but rarely has 2-3. Flower is .4" (1 cm) across.
- Range
- S Florida, S Mexico to Tropical America
- Habitat
- Wet, tropical forests; 0-4920ft (0-1500m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Hidden Orchid
- The Thick Leaved Maxilaria
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Maxillaria
- Species
- crassifolia
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_1982-6911D
