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April 04, 2013

Maxillaria friderici-caroli confirmed Maxillaria cf. aggregata




Maxillaria friderici-caroli P.Ortiz, Orquideologia 18: 100 (1991).This name is accepted.
Basionym : Ornithidium lehmannii Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 486 (1899).

Award 20131952 CBR –
Maxillaria friderici-caroli
“Esperanza”

Five hundred seventy-five flowers on 25 inflorescence clusters; pseudobulbs ovoid spaced far apart on long rhizome; 2 apical leaves surrounded by 4-8 foliaceous sheathes; inflorescence short, basal, covered by bracts causing flowers to be clustered; flowers barely open, concolor yellow becoming orange with age; anther cap red-brown; lip curved down 90 degrees; substance firm texture waxy; native to Colombia.

PNW



Maxillaria friderici-caroli, Award 20131952, has been confirmed Maxillaria cf. aggregata by SITF (April 2013). Please add to the description that it was awarded as Maxillaria friderici-caroli.


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