| Maxillaria lepidota | photo C.Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15 : 383 1845 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Maxillaria Ruiz & Pavon 1794 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | cloud forests in Venezuela, Colombia (Frontino, Sonsòn, Popayan), Ecuador (Azuay, Carchi, Cotopaxi, |
| Imbabura, Loja, Napo, Pichincha, Sucumbios, Chimborazo), Peru | ||
| altitude | 0 - 4500 m (0 - 14850 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Popayan (Cauca, Colombia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2000 m / 6600ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Popayan this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 - 22 cm (8" - 8.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 10 L 6 cm (4" L 2.4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 15 - 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 - 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
