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Orchid Species: Maxillaria lancifolia

Kew currently accepted name is Maxillaria graminifolia

Maxillaria lancifolia is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers in 1863. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Maxillaria graminifolia.
Genus
Maxillaria (Max.)
Grex
lancifolia
Parents
Species
Author
(Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Year
1863
ORIGIN: Found from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela as a small to medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or terrestrial in wet montane forests at elevations of 1100 to 3000 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Found from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela as a small to medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or terrestrial in wet montane forests at elevations of 1100 to 3000 meters with pendant, terete, cane-like stems that branch towards the base which are covered with foliaceous sheaths giving rise to distichous, linear leaves that are acute at the apex which blooms in the summer, fall and winter on a axillary, 5/8 [1 1/2 cm] long single flowered inflorescence arising on a mature stem.

FLOWER SIZE: 5/8 inch [1.6 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 graminifolia 1863 (Kunth) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Adamanthus Adamanthus graminifolius 2006 (Kunth) Szlach.
Add+ Adamanthus Adamanthus lancifolius 2006 (Rchb.f.) Szlach.
Add+ Adamanthus Adamanthus polyphyllus 2006 (Rchb.f.) Szlach.
Add+ Adamanthus Adamanthus similis 2006 (Garay & Dunst.) Szlach.
Add+ Camaridium Cmd graminifolium 1850 (Kunth) Rchb.f.
Add+ Camaridium Cmd lancifolium 1850 Rchb.f.
Add+ Camaridium Cmd matthewsii 1921 Schltr.
Add+ Isochilus Iso graminifolius 1816 Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt
Add+ Maxillaria Max matthewsii 1863 Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Maxillaria Max similis 1976 Garay & Dunst.
Add+ Maxillaria Max graminifolia cf.
Add+ Maxillariella Mxl graminifolia 2007 (Kunth) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali
Add+ Camaridium Cmd polyphyllum 1921 (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Add+ Maxillaria Max polyphylla 1863 Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
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