Maxillaria buchtienii
Object Details
- Description
- This small orchid is named for an orchid collect of the 1900s in Central America and Brazil.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Bolivia
- Habitat
- Wet, montane forests; 2625-4600ft (800-1400m)
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2018-1178A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Buchtien's Maxillaria
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Maxillaria
- Species
- buchtienii
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 7" (17.8 cm) long with a single white flower with an orange lip. Flower is 2" (5 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2018-1178A