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Orchid Species: Maxillaria lactea
Kew currently accepted name is Maxillaria porrecta
Maxillaria lactea is an orchid species identified by Schltr. in 1923. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Maxillaria porrecta.
Genus
Maxillaria (Max.)
Grex
lactea
Parents
Species
Author
Schltr.
Year
1923
ORIGIN: This medium to large sized, variable epiphytic species comes from southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru as well as Trinidad in tall evergreen forests and dense tropical forests at elevations of 320 to 1700 meters.
DESCRIPTION: This medium to large sized, variable epiphytic species comes from southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru as well as Trinidad in tall evergreen forests and dense tropical forests at elevations of 320 to 1700 meters and as such is a medium sized, hot to cool growing, unifoliate epiphyic species having close set, prominent, ovoid to reniform, compressed pseudobulbs enveloped by a series of basal, papery bracts and carrying a single, apical, linear-lanceolate, acute-acuminate, conduplicate below into the narrow, elongate, petiolate base, leaf and blooms in the summer with sweet scented, long-lasting, waxy, solitary flowers with variable color, on a basal, slender, 2 to 5 [5 to 12.5 cm] long, inflorescence with tubular floral bracts half the length of the ovary that arises on a mature pseudobulb with the flowers held above the leaf.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 to 3 inches [2.5 to 7.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: This medium to large sized, variable epiphytic species comes from southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru as well as Trinidad in tall evergreen forests and dense tropical forests at elevations of 320 to 1700 meters and as such is a medium sized, hot to cool growing, unifoliate epiphyic species having close set, prominent, ovoid to reniform, compressed pseudobulbs enveloped by a series of basal, papery bracts and carrying a single, apical, linear-lanceolate, acute-acuminate, conduplicate below into the narrow, elongate, petiolate base, leaf and blooms in the summer with sweet scented, long-lasting, waxy, solitary flowers with variable color, on a basal, slender, 2 to 5 [5 to 12.5 cm] long, inflorescence with tubular floral bracts half the length of the ovary that arises on a mature pseudobulb with the flowers held above the leaf.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 to 3 inches [2.5 to 7.5 cm] -- 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 | glauca | 1850 | Lindl. ex W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon |
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | porrecta | 1838 | Lindl. |
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | porrecta cf. | ||
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | aurantiaca | 1924 | A.Rich. & Galeotti |
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | brenesii | 1923 | Schltr. |
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | brunnea | 1854 | Linden & Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | calendulina | 2009 | Christenson |
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | mutabilis | 1858 | Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | trinitatis | 1923 | Ames |
| Add+ | Maxillaria | Max | trinitensis | 1926 | Broadway |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Max. ringens 'Jardin Botanique de Montreal'
(2 awards from
1999
to
2002)
Max. amparoana 'Lemon Drop'
(1987)
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