Inti chartacifolia
Common Name 2
The Paper-Like Maxillaria
Synonym 2
Maxillaria chartacifolia
Location 2
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Description 2
Flower Size 1" (2.5 cm).
This orchid forms large clumps (Atwood and Mora de Retana 1999). It is a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with a rhizome terminating into a short, stout stem enveloped by a fan-shaped, flat cluster of foliar, conduplicate sheaths carrying, many, narrowly lanceolate, acute, articulate, conduplicate below into the base leaves with a prominently raised mid-vein which blooms in a series of single flowered, to 4" [to 10 cm] long, inflorescence enveloped by several, close, flattened, acuminate, green, speckled brown bracts and carries foul scented flowers. It mainly flowers from September to November, but flowers can be expected throughout the year (Atwood and Mora de Retana 1999).
Habitat Type 2
Wet, predominantly pre-montane and montane forest. It is found from 50 to 1,700 m, over seven ecoregions . It has been collected in primary forests and on trees along roads and trails.
References 2
Romand-Monnier, F. & Chadburn, H. 2013. Inti chartacifolia. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. . Downloaded on 25 February 2014.
Atwood, J.T. and Mora de Retana, D.E. 1999. Flora Costaricensis: Family Orchidaceae: Tribe Maxillarieae: Subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae. Field Museum of Natural History.
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| Color | yellow |
|---|---|
| Family | Orchidaceae |
