List of Maxillaria species

There are about 570 species of "Maxillaria". Many species that were formerly classified in this genus have been reclassified under "Lycaste" and "Xylobium".
* "Maxillaria kalbreyeri" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria kautskyi" Pabst
* "Maxillaria kegelii" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria klugii" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria koehleri" Schltr. : Shiny Lip Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria laevilabris" Lindl. in G. Bentham : Shiny-lip Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria lamprochlamys" (Schltr.) P. Ortiz
* "Maxillaria langlassei" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria lankesteri" Ames : Lankester's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria lasallei" Foldats
* "Maxillaria lawrenceana" (Rolfe) Garay & Dunst.
* "Maxillaria leforii" D.E.Benn & Christenson
* "Maxillaria lehmannii" Rchb.f. : Lehmann's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria lepidota" Lindl. : Scaled Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria leucaimata" Barb.Rodr. : White Blood-red Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria lexarzana" Soto Arenas & F.Chiang
* "Maxillaria lilacea" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria lilliputana" D.E.Benn & Christenson
* "Maxillaria lindeniae" Cogn. : Linden's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria lindleyana" Schltr. : Lindley's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria linearifolia" Ames & C.Schweinf. : Long-leafed Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria linearis" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria liparophylla" Summerh.
* "Maxillaria litensis" Dodson
* "Maxillaria loefgrenii" (Cogn.) Pabst
* "Maxillaria longibracteata" (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G. Walpers
* "Maxillaria longicaulis" Schltr
* "Maxillaria longicolumna" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria longiloba" (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria longipes" Lindl. in G. Bentham : Long Column Foot Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria longipetiolata" Ames & C. Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria longissima" Lindl. : Longest Petal Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria loretoensis" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria lueri" Dodson
* "Maxillaria luteoalba" Lindl. : Yellow and White Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria luteobrunnea" (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria lutheri" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria machinazensis" D.E.Benn & Christenson
* "Maxillaria machupicchuensis" Christenson & N.Salinas
* "Maxillaria macleei" Bateman ex Lindl
* "Maxillaria macropoda" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria macrura" Rchb.f. : Long-tailed Maxillaria
**"Maxillaria macrura" f. "aurea" Christenson (Venezuela)
* "Maxillaria maderoi" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria madida" Lindl. : Moist-growing Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria maldonadoensis" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria maleolens" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria mapiriensis" (Kraenzl.) L.O. Williams
* "Maxillaria marginata" Fenzl : Rimmed-petal Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria margretiae" R.Vásquez
* "Maxillaria mariaisabeliae" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria marmoliana" Dodson
* "Maxillaria matthewsii" Lindl. in G.Bentham : Matthews' Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria mejiae" Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali
* "Maxillaria meleagris" Lindl. : Spotted Guinea Fowl Maxillaria, Dotted and Striped Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria melina" Lindl.
* "Maxillaria merana" Dodson
* "Maxillaria meridensis" Lindl. : Merida Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria mexicana" J.T.Atwood:.
* "Maxillaria microblephara" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria microdendron" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria microiridifolia" D.E.Benn& Christenson
* "Maxillaria microphyton" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria microtricha" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria milenae" V.P.Castro & Chiron
* "Maxillaria miniata" (Lindl.) L.O. Williams : Rust-red Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria minor" (Schltr.) L.O. Williams : Least Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria minuta" Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)
* "Maxillaria minutiflora" D.E.Benn & Christenson
* "Maxillaria modesta" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria modestiflora" Pabst
* "Maxillaria molitor" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria mombachoensis" A.Heller ex J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria monacensis" Kraenzl.
* "Maxillaria monantha" Barb.Rodr. : Single-flowered Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria monteverdensis" J.T.Atwood & Barboza
* "Maxillaria moralesii" Carnevali & J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria mosenii" Kraenzl. : Mosen's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria moutinhoi" Pabst
* "Maxillaria muelleri" Regel
* "Maxillaria multicaulis" (Poepp & Endl.) C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria multiflora" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria mungoschraderi" R.Vásquez & Ibisch
* "Maxillaria muscicola" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria muscoides" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria nagelii" L.O.Williams ex Correl
* "Maxillaria nanegalensis" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria napoensis" Dodson
* "Maxillaria nardoides" Kraenzl. : Pine Needle Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria nasuta" Rchb.f. : Nosed Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria neglecta" (Schltr.) L.O. Williams
* "Maxillaria neillii" Dodson
* "Maxillaria neophylla" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria neowiedii" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria nicaraguensis" (Hamer & Garay) J.T. Atwood
* "Maxillaria niesseniae" Christenson
* "Maxillaria nigrescens" Lindl. : Blackish Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria nitidula" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria notylioglossa" Rchb.f. : Notylia-like Lip Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria nubigena" (Rchb.f.) C.Schweinf. : Cloud-growing Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria nuriensis" Carnevali & I.Ramírez
* "Maxillaria nutans" Lindlin G.Bentham : Nodding Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria nutantiflora" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria nymphopolitana" Kraenzl
* "Maxillaria obscura" Linden & Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria ochracea" (Rchb.f.) Garay
* "Maxillaria ochroglossa" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria ochroleuca" Lodd. ex Lindl.
* "Maxillaria oestlundiana" L.O.Williams
* "Maxillaria olivacea" (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria ophiodens" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria oreocharis" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria oxapampensis" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria oxysepala" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria pacholskii" Christenson
* "Maxillaria pachyacron" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria pachyneura" F.Lehm & Kraenzl.
* "Maxillaria pachyphylla" Schltrex Hoehne
* "Maxillaria paleata" (Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll
* "Maxillaria palmensis" Dodson
* "Maxillaria palmifolia" (Sw.) Lindl.
* "Maxillaria pamplonensis" Linden & Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria pannieri" Foldats
* "Maxillaria parahybunensis" Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) : Parahybuna Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria paranaensis" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria pardalina" Garay
* "Maxillaria parkeri" Hook.
* "Maxillaria parvibulbosa" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria parviflora" (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay : Small-flowered Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria parvilabia" Rolfe
* "Maxillaria pastensis" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria pastorellii" D.E.Benn. & Christenson
* "Maxillaria patella" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria patens" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria patula" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria pauciflora" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria paulistana" Hoehne
* "Maxillaria pendens" Pabst : Pendant-growing Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria pendula" (Poepp. & Endl.) C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria pentura" Lindl.
* "Maxillaria perryae" Dodson : Perry's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria peruviana" (C.Schweinf.) D.E.Benn. & Christenson
* "Maxillaria pfitzeri" Senghas
* "Maxillaria phoenicanthera" Barb.Rodr. : Purple Anther Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria picta" Hook : Painted Maxillaria
** "Maxillaria picta" var. "brevis" - now a synonym of "Maxillaria rupestris] " f. "brevis] " (Hoehne & Schltr.) F.Barros
* "Maxillaria piestopus" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria piresiana" Hoehne
* "Maxillaria pittieri" (Ames) L.O.Williams
* "Maxillaria planicola" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria platyloba" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria platypetala" Ruiz & Pav.
* "Maxillaria plebeja" Rchb.f. : Insignificant Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria pleiantha" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria pleuranthoides" (Schltr.) Garay
* "Maxillaria plicata" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria poaefolia" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria podochila" Kraenzl.
* "Maxillaria poicilothece" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria polyantha" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria polybulbon" Kraenzl.
* "Maxillaria ponerantha" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria porphyrostele" Rchb.f. : Purple Column Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria porrecta" Lindl. : Extended Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria portillae" Christenson & McIllm.
* "Maxillaria powellii" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria praestans" Rchb.f. : Outstanding Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria praetexta" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria proboscidea" Rchb.f. : Nose-like Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria procurrens" Lindl.
* "Maxillaria prolifera" Ruiz & Pav.
* "Maxillaria pseudoneglecta" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria pseudonubigena" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria pseudoreichenheimiana" Dodson : False Reichenheim Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria pterocarpa" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria pudica" Carnevali & J.L.Tapia
* "Maxillaria pulchra" (Schltr.) L.O.Williams ex Correll : Beautiful Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria pulla" Linden & Rchb.f. : Dark Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria pumila" Hook : Dwarf Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria purpurata" (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
* "Maxillaria purpureolabia" D.E.Benn& Christenson
* "Maxillaria pustulosa" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria pyhalae" D.E.Benn. & Christenson
* "Maxillaria quadrata" Ames & Correll
* "Maxillaria quelchii" Rolfe
* "Maxillaria quercicola" (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria quitensis" (Rchb.f.) C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria ramonensis" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria ramosa" Ruiz & Pav. (type species)
* "Maxillaria ramosissima" Kraenzl.
* "Maxillaria rauhii" D.E.Benn. & Christenson (Peru)
* "Maxillaria regeliana" Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)
* "Maxillaria reichenheimiana" Endres & Rchb.f : Reichenheim's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria rhodoleuca" (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria rhombea" Lindl.
* "Maxillaria richii" Dodson : Rich's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria rigida" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria ringens" Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers : Rigid Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria riopalenquensis" Dodson
* "Maxillaria robusta" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria rodriguesii" Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) : Rodrigues' Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria rodrigueziana" J.T.Atwood & Mora-Ret : Rodriguez' Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria rolfei" P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria rotundilabia" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria ruberrima" (Lindl.) Garay
* "Maxillaria rubioi" Dodson : Rubio's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria rufescens" Lindl. : Light Fox-red Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria rupestris" Barb.Rodr. : Rock-loving Maxillaria
** "Maxillaria rupestris" Barb.Rodr. f. "brevis" (Hoehne & Schltr.) F.Barros (formerly "Maxillaria picta] " var. "brevis")
* "Maxillaria sanaensis" D.E.Benn. & Christenson
* "Maxillaria sanantonioensis" Christenson
* "Maxillaria sanderiana" Rchb.f. ex Sander : Sander's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria sanguinea" Rolfe (may have become naturalized in the USA, but this remains doubtful) : Blood-red Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria sanguineomaculata" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria santanae" Carnevali & I.Ramírez
* "Maxillaria saragurensis" Dodson
* "Maxillaria saxatilis" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria saxicola" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria scalariformis" J.T.Atwood : Ladder-like Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria scandens" D.E.Benn. & Christenson
* "Maxillaria schistostele" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria schlechteri" Foldats
* "Maxillaria schlechteriana" (C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria schnitteri" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria schultzei" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria schunkeana" Campacci & Kautsky : Schunke's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria scorpioidea" Kraenzl. : Scorpion Flower Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria sculliana" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria seidelii" Pabst : Seidel's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria semiscabra" (Lindl.) P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria serrulata" Ames & Correll
* "Maxillaria setigera" Lindl. : Bristle-carrying Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria shepheardii" Rolfe : Shepheard's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria sigmoidea" (C.Schweinf.) Ames & Correll
* "Maxillaria simacoana" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria simplex" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria simplicilabia" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria soconuscana" Breedlove & D.Mally
* "Maxillaria sodiroi" (Schltr.) Senghas
* "Maxillaria sophronitis" (Rchb.f.) Garay : Sophronitis-like Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria sotoana" Carnevali & Gómez-Juárez
* "Maxillaria spannagelii" Hoehne
* "Maxillaria spathulata" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria speciosa" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria spegazziniana" Kraenzl.
* "Maxillaria spilotantha" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria spiritu-sanctensis" Pabst : Espiritu Santa Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria splendens" Poepp. & Endl : Grand Maxillaria, Buchtien's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria squarrosa" (Schltr.) Dodson
* "Maxillaria stenophylla" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria sterrocaulos" (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria steyermarkii" Foldats
* "Maxillaria stictantha" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria striata" Rolfe : Striped Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria stricta" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria strictifolia" P.Ortiz. (nom. nov.) (formerly "Maxillaria angustifolia] " Schltr.)
* "Maxillaria strictissima" (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria strumata" (Endres & Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll
* "Maxillaria suareziorum" Dodson
* "Maxillaria suaveolens" Barringer
* "Maxillaria subpandurata" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria subulata" Lindl.
* "Maxillaria subulifolia" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria sulfurea" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria superflua" Rchb.f. : Different-colored Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria swartziana" C.D.Adams
* "Maxillaria synsepala" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria taracuana" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria tenuibulba" Christenson
* "Maxillaria tenuifolia" Lindl. : Delicate-leafed Maxillaria, Coconut Pie Orchid
* "Maxillaria tenuis" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria thurstoniorum" Dodson
* "Maxillaria tiaraensis" Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali
* "Maxillaria tocotana" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria tonduzii" (Schltr.) Ames & Correll
* "Maxillaria tonsbergii" Christenson
* "Maxillaria tonsoniae" Soto Arenas
* "Maxillaria torifera" (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
* "Maxillaria tricarinata" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria tricolor" Ruiz & Pav.
* "Maxillaria trigona" C.Schweinf.
** "Maxillaria trigona" subsp. "amaroensis" D.E.Benn& Christenson
** "Maxillaria trigona" subsp. "trigona"
* "Maxillaria trilobata" Ames & Correll
* "Maxillaria trilobulata" D.E.Benn. & Christenson
* "Maxillaria triloris" E.Morren : Three-straped Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria triphylla" Ruiz & Pav.
* "Maxillaria tristis" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria truncatilabia" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria tubercularis" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria tuerosii" D.E.Benn& Christenson
* "Maxillaria turkeliae" Christenson : Tuerkel's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria tutae" J.T.Atwood
* "Maxillaria ubatubana" Hoehne
* "Maxillaria umbratilis" L.O.Williams
* "Maxillaria uncata" Lindl. : Hook-shaped Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria undatiflora" Ruiz & Pav.
* "Maxillaria unguiculata" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria unguilabia" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria unicarinata" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria urbaniana" F.Lehm & Kraenzl.
* "Maxillaria vaginalis" Rchb.f.
* "Maxillaria valenzuelana" (A.Rich.) Nash : Valenzuela's Maxillaria
** "Maxillaria valenzuelana" subsp. "angustata" J.T.Atwood
** "Maxillaria valenzuelana" subsp. "valenzuelana"
* "Maxillaria valerioi" Ames & C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria valleculata" D.E.Benn & Christenson
* "Maxillaria variabilis" Bateman ex Lindl. : Variable Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria venusta" Linden & Rchb.f. : Charming Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria verecunda" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria vernicosa" Barb.Rodr. : Varnished Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria villonacensis" Dodson
* "Maxillaria villosa" (Barb.Rodr.) Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) : Shaggy Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria vinosa" Senghas
* "Maxillaria violaceopunctata" Rchb.f. : Violet-spotted Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria virguncula" Rchb.f
* "Maxillaria vitelliniflora" Barb.Rodr. : Yolk-yellow Flower Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria vittariifolia" L.O.Williams
* "Maxillaria vulcanica" F.Lehm & Kraenzl. : Volcano Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria wercklei" (Schltr.) L.O.Williams : Werckle's Maxillaria
* "Maxillaria whittenii" Dodson
* "Maxillaria williamsii" Dodson
* "Maxillaria winaywaynaensis" D.E.Benn. & Christenson
* "Maxillaria witsenioides" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria wojii" Christenson
* "Maxillaria woytkowskii" C.Schweinf.
* "Maxillaria xantholeuca" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria xanthorhoda" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria xylobiiflora" Schltr.
* "Maxillaria yanganensis" Dodson
* "Maxillaria yauaperyensis" Barb.Rodr.
* "Maxillaria × yucatanensis" Carnevali & R.Jiménez