Difference between revisions of "Maxillaria"
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 5 November 2020
Herbs, epiphytic, rarely terrestrial, cespitose to climbing. Stems reduced [elongate], usually terminated with pseudobulb. Leaves 1–many; blade conduplicate, linear, lanceolate, or elliptic, margins entire. Inflorescences solitary flowers borne laterally within bract or leaf axil of rhizome of mature, immature, or apparently abortive shoots; floral bracts triangular, usually acute. Flowers: sepals and petals nearly same; dorsal sepal erect, concave; lateral sepals adnate to column foot; lip 3-lobed or simple; column not winged, semiterete, with foot at base; pollinia 4, waxy; stigmatic cavity round; rostellum not prominent. Fruits capsules, ellipsoid to obovoid.
Distribution
Tropical regions, Western Hemisphere.
Discussion
Species ca. 650 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Plants conspicuously rhizomatous; pseudobulbs conspicuous; sepals less than 1 cm. | Maxillaria parviflora |
| 1 | Plants cespitose; pseudobulbs absent or hidden from view; sepals more than 1 cm. | Maxillaria crassifolia |