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Orchid Species: Maxillaria crocea
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Maxillaria crocea is an orchid species identified by (Linden ex Lindl.) Beer in 1835.
ORIGIN: Found in Peru and Brazil at elevations around 1500 to 2950 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with close set, ovoid-cylindric pseudobulb enveloped basally by 1 or more pairs of sometimes leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong, acute, gradually narrowing below into the cuneate, stout, laterally compressed, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on a 3.4 [8.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence enveloped almost completely by several [5] loose, tubular sheaths and carrying fragrant, long-lasting flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.6 inches [4 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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