Maxillaria picta

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2nd blooming. I received this as a small established seedling around 10 years ago from Clackamas-Orchids.

This is a spectacular specimen with multiple flowers!

The scent is sweet as honey and fairly potent.

Has been growing great for many, many years.

[Tindomul]

What a beauty!!!

[WhiteRabbit]

Ooo! That's fabulous! How awesome that you have grown it from a seedling to this size!

[gnathaniel]

Great blooming, Philip! I'm just starting to dabble a little in this genus, this one looks well worth growing.

--Nat

[Rowangreen]

Picta is currently top of my want list, so I've very envious of that!

You said this is second blooming - is it a bit reluctant to bloom?

[camille1585]

It's beautiful, and great job growing it, it's a stunning specimen. We tried to have this one on the list for the current member project, but I don't remember why it didn't make the list.
The fragrance sounds nice, now I want one too!

[nenella]

Wow! amazing plant and with all those flowers Great job & thanks for posting. I would be very interested in how you grow it and what you've learned of it in the last 10 years. Merci!

[JaneEyre]

Wow! What a great show of flowers! 10 years from seedling - this is very inspiring.

I love the little freckles.

[Rowangreen]

I think it was lack of sellers, or sellers at the right price.

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Originally Posted by Rowangreen

Picta is currently top of my want list, so I've very envious of that!

You said this is second blooming - is it a bit reluctant to bloom?

No, it blooms quite freely, unlike Max tenuifolia. This is the second time blooming because it apparently takes a while for a tiny little seedling to get to blooming size!

When I said I got it as a small sized established seedling, I meant it. When I received this one, it was only anywhere around 1" tall, maybe 1 1/2" tall, (somewhere around 3 cm tall).

Originally Posted by nenella

Wow! amazing plant and with all those flowers Great job & thanks for posting. I would be very interested in how you grow it and what you've learned of it in the last 10 years. Merci!

It is a very easy plant to grow! It is very difficult to over water. It's not a slow grower, which many people will thoroughly appreciate. It can grow in a variety of potting media. It can handle a lot of strong lighting. The lighting is like that for Vandas.

Temperature tolerant. I've grown this outdoors all its life, all year round - 36 F - 100 F.

In nature it is a lithophyte, possibly an epiphyte on occasion.

Simple, simple, simple. No complicated twists or turns to grow. Perfect for a beginner.

I've grown it in bark just fine. I've grown it in straight up moss just fine. I've grown it in a mixture of SuperSphag and perlite just fine. I'm currently growing it in a mixture of SuperSphag and pumice. I think it can even grow in straight up pumice! I've grown it in an opaque plastic pot. I currently have it in a clear plastic pot. It simply does not matter! If it is healthy, it will find a way to grow!!!

I've dropped it and injured a few of the pseudobulbs a couple times, and it doesn't matter. It's been through wind storms and rain storms, no problems!

This one is a soldier!