| Maxillaria rufescens | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Christenson, Eric Alston |
| published in | Proc. 16 th World Orchid Conference, Vancouver, Canada 285 - 286 april 1999 | |
| 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 | humid tropical forests, of Carabbean (Leewards, Trinidad & Tobago), Belize (Toledo), Guatemala, |
| Suriname, Guyana (Kararang River), Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Biolivia, Brazil | ||
| altitude | 170 - 1900 m (560 - 6270 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Tuluà (Valle del Cauca, Colombia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Tuluà this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 24 m' to 11 h 36 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm ( 0.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 0.6 L 1 cm (0.24" L 0.4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
