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Orchid Species: Maxillaria gracilis

Kew currently accepted name is Maxillaria humilis

Maxillaria gracilis is an orchid species identified by G.Lodd. ex Paxton & J.Harrison in 1832. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Maxillaria humilis.
Genus
Maxillaria (Max.)
Grex
gracilis
Parents
Species
Author
G.Lodd. ex Paxton & J.Harrison
Year
1832
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ORIGIN: Found in the coastal Atlantic forest and Minas Gerais Brazil.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, tufted, cool to hot growing epiphyte with clustered, ovoid-pyriform, compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, subcoriaceous, linear-ligulate, petiolate and conduplicate below, acute apically leaves that blooms on an erect, or ascending, 3 to 4 [7.5 to 10 cm] long, single flowered, pale green or reddish inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb that has the fragrant flower held amid to above the leaves, occurring in the spring and summer.

FLOWER SIZE: 2 1/2 incheses -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Maxillaria Max guayanensis 1898 Klinge
Add+ Maxillaria Max humilis 2015 (Link & Otto) Schuit. & M.W.Chase
Add+ Maxillaria Max penduliflora 1855 Fenzl
Add+ Maxillaria Max punctata 1834 G.Lodd. ex Drapiez
Add+ Maxillaria Max queirogana 1877 Barb.Rodr.
Add+ Brasiliorchis Bch gracilis 2007 (G.Lodd. ex Paxton & J.Harrison) R.B.Singer
Add+ Bolbidium Bld gracile 2011 (G.Lodd. ex Paxton & J.Harrison) J.M.H.Shaw
Add+ Bletia Bletia humilis 1829 Link & Otto
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Bch. marginata 'Bryon' (2011) Bch. marginata 'Cyp Studios' (2010) Max. marginata 'Helen Louise' (1993)
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