Hidden Orchid (Maxillaria crassifolia)
Description
Plants epiphytic, cespitose, to 20 cm. Stems without pseudobulbs, or apparently so. Leaves 4-5 per shoot; blade linear-elliptic, 7-27 - 1.3-3 cm, leathery, apex unequally 2-lobed. Inflorescences several per leaf axil, successively borne and barely emerging, apparently supported on short, lateral rhizomes. Flowers yellow; sepals elliptic to ovate, 13-15 - 4-6 mm, apex acute, thickened; petals oblanceolate, 11-14 - 3-4 mm, apex acute; lip articulate with column foot, rhombic, 12-15 - 5-6 mm, lateral lobes inflexed toward column, constricted distal to middle; callus sticky, linear; column arching, cylindric, 9-10 mm, foot 1-2 mm. Capsules 2.5-3 cm.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Maxillaria
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