Lepanthes maxonii Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Lepanthes

Characteristics

Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 15 cm. tall. Secondary stems up to about 9 cm. long, covered with several pubescent or scabrous infundibuli-form bracts. Leaves 3.5-5.5 cm. long and 1.5-2.5 cm. broad, ovate, acuminate, apex tridenticulate. Inflorescence distichous, fractiflex, exceeding the leaves; flowers large for the genus. Sepals connate at the base; dorsal sepal 14-17 mm. long and about 4-5 mm. br6ad, triangular-lanceolate or lanceolate, long-acuminate; lateral sepals connate to the middle or beyond, 12-17 mm. long and together 5-6 mm. broad, broadly lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Petals transverse, about 3-4 mm. broad; anterior lobe narrowly oblong to lanceolate, arcuate, acute or obtuse, about equal to the posterior lobe in length; posterior lobe narrowly lanceolate, arcuate, acute. Lip about 1 mm. long and 1 mm. broad, bipartite, the lobes sub-rhombic.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Lepanthes maxonii world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:137612-2
WFO ID wfo-0000225407
COL ID 6P8FQ
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Synonyms

Lepanthes maxonii