A very attractive, unusual medium-sized species of Maxillaria, rather rare in collections, which produces superb, showy, fragrant and short-lived flowers in spring and/or summer.
An adult orchid in flowering size.
Origin: Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Trinidad and Brazil
Climate: Temperate/Cold
Temperature: 12–25°C
Light: Shaded; must be placed in a room or area of the greenhouse that does not receive direct sunlight.
Watering: Regular, allowing the substrate to dry out between waterings.
Flowering period: Spring/Summer
Substrate: Fine-grained pine bark.
Fragrant species.