Maxillaria houtteana

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Read about Maxillaria houtteana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Maxillaria houtteana, Reichb. f. Fig. 2338. Rhizome erect or ascending, clothed with brown sheaths: pseudobulbs 2-2½in. long, linear-oblong, compressed: lvs. solitary, 6 in. long, linear, obtuse, keeled: scape l½−2 in. long; fls. nearly 2 in. across; sepals ovate-lanceolate, dirty yellow outside, red-purple within, with a yellow margin and spotted below; petals smaller, colored like the sepals; labellum without lateral lobes, oblong-obtuse, yellow with red-brown spots, and an ill-defined callus on the base. April. Guatemala and Venezuela. B.M. 7533.—Fls. last about a month in the coolhouse. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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