| Maxillaria striata | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Orchid Review 1 : 265 1893 | |
| 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 of Colombia, Ecuador (Azuay, Cañar, Morona-Santiago, Pastaza, Sucumbios), Peru (Puno) |
| altitude | 850 - 2300 m (2800 - 7600 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Medellin (Antioquia, 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 1600 m / 4280 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Medellin this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 25 m' to 11 h 35 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 7 - 10 cm (2.8" - 4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 7 cm (1.6" L 2.8") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 70 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
