Location ²

Peru; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guadeloupe; Honduras; Mexico; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Habitat Type ²

Occurs mostly in moist lowland and montane forests, as well as swamp forests of South America, from about 0-10 to 2,200 m.

Description ²

A small pseudobulb epiphyte with small, oblong-elliptic, complanate pseudobulbs subtended by several scarious bracts and has a single apical, linear, acute leaf that is tapered to the conduplicate base and flowers in the winter and spring on a basal, short, erect to pendant, 1 1/2" [4 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with the floral bract tubular and the sweetly fragrant flowers held below the leaves.

References ²

Celesti, M. 2013. Mormolyca acutifolia. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://eol.org/pages/1138918/overview
http://www.orchidspecies.com/maxacutifolia.htm

Common Name and Synonyms ²

Rufous Tiger Orchid
Maxillaria acutifolia

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Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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