Biology:Maxillaria subrepens

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Short description: Species of orchid

Maxillaria subrepens
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Flower
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Maxillaria
Species:
M. subrepens
Binomial name
Maxillaria subrepens
(Rolfe) Schuit. & M.W.Chase
Synonyms[1]
  • Trigonidium subrepens Maxillaria danielae
  • Molinari Bateman ex Lindl.
  • Rolfe Trigonidium tenue
  • Trigonidium peruvianum Lodd. ex Lindl.
  • Trigonidium acuminatum Schltr.

Maxillaria subrepens is an orchid found in tropical South America.[1]

Description

Maxillaria subrepens is 15–18 cm (5.9–7.1 in) tall with fluted pseudobulbs and a narrow leaf that curves over at the tip. The flowering stem is slightly taller than the leaves, bearing a striped yellow-brown flower 1.7 cm (0.67 in) wide. The long sepals form a tubular flower that opens at the end. The reddish eyespots of the small petals are located within the tube. These eyespots attract male bees to perform pseudocopulation with the orchid's blossom. The petals are ovoid and taper at the tip, and are similar in hue to the sepals. The lip and column are hidden within the tube.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Maxillaria subrepens (Rolfe) Schuit. & M.W.Chase" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77149732-1. 
  2. Rebecca Tyson Northen (1996). Miniature Orchids and How to Grow Them (illustrated, reprint ed.). Courier Corporation. p. 173. ISBN 9780486289205.  (As Trigonidium acuminatum.)

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