MAXILLARIA UNKNOW II - Orchid Board

betoguerrero · #1 10-15-2008, 12:28 PM

My new maxillaria is still open... it's the second time that I put it in a thread.... but it's beautifull and I'm very proud of my CHID...

tuvoc · #2 10-15-2008, 12:56 PM

You should be very proud. I'ts just wonderfull.

Kim

Becca · #3 10-15-2008, 06:24 PM

I just love it! How big is it? It looks to be a decent size and not a mini. Thanks for sharing it again!

betoguerrero · #4 10-15-2008, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Becca

I just love it! How big is it? It looks to be a decent size and not a mini. Thanks for sharing it again!

Is about 10 cm wide and 8 cm high.... the flower
and the plant is in a 12 inch pot and the leaves are about 30 cm...

unhappykat · #5 10-15-2008, 09:19 PM

That is a very odd looking maxillaria. Very nice colors, I thought it was a lycaste.

betoguerrero · #6 10-16-2008, 12:21 PM

"The genus Lycaste has plicate, deciduous leaves with short, ovate, thick, ribbed psuedobulbs with 2 or 3, thin, heavily-veined, apical leaves with foliaceous sheaths at the base " ... ORCHIDSPECIES PHOTO ENCYCLOPEDIA.

I'm sure mine is a Maxillaria ... my plant don't have a pseudobulb and the leaves are round and aren't heavy-veined....
The flower could be a Lycaste... maybe a natural hybrid maxillaria - Lycaste????

unhappykat · #7 10-16-2008, 10:21 PM

could possibly be a natural hybrid, I believe its called a maxicatse. I have dont have much experience with larger maxillarias though so it could still be one. You dont see anything like it on orchidspecies.com. I would like to know the mname too. Is it fragrant?

bullsie · #8 10-17-2008, 11:12 AM

Looks like a lycaste to me also. Most of my maxillaria have pseudobulbs, don't put as high a flower stem out, and none have leaves that are, well, lycaste looking. Nor do the flowers look that way.

On the flip side, seen ones labeled what I never expected so one never knows.

But if it is any help, it is a magnificent flower!!!!!! Let us know if you discover the name.

betoguerrero · #9 10-17-2008, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by unhappykat

could possibly be a natural hybrid, I believe its called a maxicatse. I have dont have much experience with larger maxillarias though so it could still be one. You dont see anything like it on orchidspecies.com. I would like to know the mname too. Is it fragrant?

This maxillaria is not fragrant....
I've showed this maxillaria to a friend, he's like an encyclopedia.... he work 30 years with orchids here in Ecuador... and he told me that this Maxillaria is a kind of Fletcheriana.... very rarely...
I don't think so, it has so many differences with max fletcheriana... but the center of the flower is very simillar... It could be.... I'm not a doctor in maxillarias
anyway ... I wanted put my name on this maxillaria albertoiii is fine...

Sandy4453 · #10 10-17-2008, 11:33 AM

Can totally understand why you're so thrilled. It's a keeper!