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Orchid Species: Maxillaria skinneri

Kew currently accepted name is Lycaste virginalis

Maxillaria skinneri is an orchid species identified by Bateman in 1842. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Lycaste virginalis.
Genus
Maxillaria (Max.)
Grex
skinneri
Parents
Species
Author
Bateman
Year
1842
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ORIGIN: From wet montane forests and pine-oak-liquidambar forests at altitudes of 1200 to 1800 meters.

DESCRIPTION: This is a warm to cold growing, large sized, epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that has ovoid, compressed pseudobulbs carrying several, apical, deciduous, plicate, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate leaves, dropping in the autumn, from that time on the plant needs no water or fertilizer and should only be resumed with the emergence of the new growth and flowering in the winter and early spring. The inflorescence is erect, with a few at once, 6 to 12 [15 to 30 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with the peduncle being concealed by inflated sheathing bracts. The flower is long-lasting, fragrant, and highly variable in size and color. This orchid is the national flower of Guatemala where it is known by the common name 'Monja Blanca' or white nun orchid, it is also found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

FLOWER SIZE: To more than 6 inches [to more than 15 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Lycaste Lyc virginalis 1888 (Scheidw.) Linden
Add+ Lycaste Lyc jamesii
Add+ Lycaste Lyc skinneri 1843 Lindl.
Add+ Lycaste Lyc alba 1919 (B.S.Williams) Cockerell
Add+ Lycaste Lyc jamesiana 1889 auct.
Add+ Lycaste Lyc schoenbrunnensis 1893 Umlauft
Add+ Maxillaria Max virginalis 1842 Scheidw.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Lyc. skinneri h.v. ipala 'Luzy Molineres' (1998) Lyc. skinneri h.v. ipala 'Sunset Perfection' (1998) Lyc. skinneri h.v. ipala 'Ipalita' (1995) Lyc. skinneri h.v. ipala 'Karen Julissa' (1995) Lyc. skinneri h.v. ipala 'Chiquitita' (1993)
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