"Maxillaria schunkeana Campacci & Kautsky was first discovered in the rainforest in the state of Espiritu Santo, Brazil, The species grows in forests at an altitude of 600-700 m above sea level."
Maxillaria schunkeana Campacci & Kautsky, Orquidário 7(4): 136 (1993) (1993).
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| Maxillaria schunkeana Campacci & Kautsky, Photos by Leonardo Almeida |
Family:
Orchidaceae.
Synonym:
Bolbidium schunkeanum (Campacci & Kautsky) J.M.H.Shaw
Brasiliorchis schunkeana (Campacci & Kautsky) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali
English Name:
Schunke's Maxillaria (Brazilian Orchid Enthusiast current).
Description:
Growing epiphyte with fusiform-cylindric pseudobulbs enveloped basally by deciduous leaf sheaths carrying 2, apical, erect, linear, conduplicate leaves and blooms in the summer in Brazil on a basal, short, single flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and holding the flower at pseudobulb height.
Distribution:
Brazil Southeast.
Ecological:
In the coastal Atlantic rainforest at elevations of 650 to 750 m.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the summer.
Flower size:
1.0 cm.
Cultivation:
Plant can be grown in a fine bark medium, full sphagnum moss, or mounted on treefern or cork. Grow in cool to warm conditions with medium amounts of light. Water regularly and keep mix moist but not wet.
Type:
Ref:
orchidspecies.com
ipni.org
powo.science.kew.org
orchids.fandom.com
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