| Maxillaria speciosa | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 5 : 197 1876 | |
| 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 forests of Costa Rica, Panama (Coclè, Veraguez), Colombia (Antioquia, Jardin, Valdivia), |
| Ecuador (Carchi, Pichincha) | ||
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plant that has become rare in nature
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| altitude | 0 - 3000 m (0 - 9900 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Cartago (Cartago, Costa Rica) |
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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 1500 m / 4950 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Cartago this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 37 m' to 11 h 23 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 16 - 20 cm (6.4" - 8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 12 L 9 cm (4.8" L 3.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 25 - 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
