Maxillaria grandis

Maxillaria grandis Rchb.f., Linnaea 41(1): 29 (1876). 

Maxillaria grandis Rchb.f., Photo by Wiel Driessen

its native range is Ecuador to Peru.

Latin Name: 

Maxillaria grandis Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Large Maxillaria (refers to the plant and the flowers).

Description: 

It blooms in the spring on a basal, very short single flowered inflorescence holding the fragrant flower close to the pseudobulb base.

Distribution:

Ecuador, Peru.

Ecological:

At elevations of 800 to 2400 m as a large sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Bloome in the summer.

Flower size:

2.0 cm

Cultivation:

Plant can be grown in a fine bark medium, full sphagnum moss, or mounted on treefern or cork. Water regularly and keep mix moist but not wet. Plant require semi-dry rest through the winter month..

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/643480-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:643480-1

-  http://www.orchidspecies.com/maxgrandis.htm. 

- https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Maxillaria