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Maxillaria tenuifolia, the delicate-leafed maxillaria or coconut pie orchid, is a species of orchid ranging from Mexico to Nicaragua and possibly Costa Rica. [1] These plants are easy to grow if kept moist and given good air movement in a high-light windowsill of any orientation but North.
There are about 650 species of Maxillaria. Many species that were formerly classified in this genus have been reclassified under Lycaste and Xylobium . The following species are accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of August 2023: [ 1 ]
Maxillaria species are distributed in the rainforest at sea level to elevations of 3,500 m, in Latin America from central Mexico to Bolivia, as well as in the West Indies. [4] This is an indication for the different temperature requirements, from warm growing to cold growing, within the genus.
This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according to The Families of Flowering Plants - L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz.This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the Orchid Research Newsletter which is published twice a year by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Generic boundaries in the tribe have changed substantially with new molecular evidence. Whitten et al. in 2007 included the following genera, some previously placed in the tribe Lycastinae, others in the subtribe Bifrenariinae. [2]
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Maxillaria crassifolia, synonyms including Heterotaxis sessilis, is an epiphytic orchid widespread across the West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad), Central America (all 7 countries), southern Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo), Florida and northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas).