Help me to Identify.

[Fantoine-Panama]

Hello
I've trying to identify this orchid.
Someone told me that is very rare.
If you have any hint of the name please let me know.

[euplusia]

It is a Maxillaria, but I don't know the species. Maybe it is a forma alba (white variety).

[Fantoine-Panama]

Thank you very much.

[cbuchman]

Can we see the whole plant? The leaves don't look so Maxillaria like to me. But I there could easily be a max foliage I'm not familiar with !

[Fantoine-Panama]

I will take a photo of the plant,
in the meantime I found a good
photo of the Maxillaria Alba in order
to compare but I'm finding several differences.

1) The end of the petals are yellow the center is white.
2) We have 3 set of lips with white border.
3) The lateral sepals are in a straight line.

I will send you a close-up photo of the leaves,
Best Regards,
Felix.

[gnathaniel]

I concur with euplusia, sure looks like a Maxillaria and could be an albescent form. Looks a little like callichroma in the lip details, probably not that species but maybe not too distantly related? As Carrie said, photos of vegetation and growth and blooming habits may aid in identification. For other ID resources, check out:

Orchids Interactive--a smaller forum that has several very knowledgeable species growers; the late Dr. Eric Christenson, a Maxillaria expert, used to post there sometimes (username 'botanist') and might have ID'd something similar in the past. Even if not, chances are good someone can point you in the right direction.

Eric Hunt's Flickr photostream--many excellent pictures of orchid species, including lots of obscure/rare ones

Swiss Orchid Foundation Herbarium--a great resource for ID'ing obscure species

Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia--last but not least, a really great and comprehensive resource though not always 100% accurate or up to date (not that the other sources mentioned necessarily are).

I hope this helps!

[Fantoine-Panama]

The best information I have found is that the closest relative is a Maxillariella alba.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I think there's a bit of a misunderstanding...

"Euplusia" and "gnathaniel" are not identifying your plant to be the species Maxillaria alba. What they are telling you that the plant you posted a picture of is in the genus Maxillaria, but the color variant of your plant could be an albino version of the species. They cannot identify your plant down to the species level accurately without a photo of the entire plant, (and quite frankly, neither can I).

I personally don't think your plant is the species Maxillaria alba. The flowers on Maxillaria alba look completely different than your Maxillaria sp.