Maxillaria rufescens

Maxillaria rufescens
Light Fox-red Maxillaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Maxillariinae
Genus: Maxillaria
Species: M. rufescens
Binomial name
Maxillaria rufescens
Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Maxillaria fuscata Lindl.
  • Maxillaria rugosa Scheidw.
  • Maxillaria articulata Klotzsch
  • Maxillaria vanillodora A.Rich. ex Rchb.f.
  • Maxillaria abelei Schltr.
  • Mormolyca rufescens (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco

Maxillaria rufescens, the Light Fox-red Maxillaria, is a species of orchid native to Trinidad and the Amazon Basin in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, The Guianas and Brazil.[1]. The plant grows at eleveations of 200 to 2000 meters, and grows up to 1 1/4 inches (3 to 4 centimeters).[2]

References

  1. ^ Pridgeon, Alec M. (1992). The Illustrated encyclopedia of orchids. Timber Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780881922677. http://books.google.com/books?id=BP4antrlNRAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s. 
  2. ^ "IOSPE Photos.". http://www.orchidspecies.com/maxrufescens.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
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