Maxillaria picta

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

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Read about Maxillaria picta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Maxillaria picta, Hook. (M. fuscata, Klotzsch). Pseudobulbs 1 ½ in. high, ovate, furrowed, bearing 1-2 plane, strap- shaped lvs. 1 ft. long: scape 5-6 in. high; fls. nodding; sepals and petals oblong-linear, acute, incurved, deep orange spotted with purple within, white with deep purple spots outside; labellum oblong, whitish, spotted; side lobes small, rounded; midlobe recurved, apiculate. Winter. Brazil, Colombia. B.M. 3154. B.R. 1802.— Handsome. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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