Maxillaria tenebrifolia, Tatama National Park, Colombia

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Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Hi Ferdy. Looking at your other photo, plus what is online, I am fairly confident that this photo shows another species of Maxillaria. I'm looking especially at the way all the flowers grow from one inflorescence, rather than each flower being borne at a different point between 2 leaves. The leaves are also quite different. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I don't know what this species this one might be... Posted 7 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for checking! I admit that I was in doubt when identifying this. I based it mostly on this:
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/11076841626
  
  And now I'm not even sure if that other photo is of the same species, although the photo was taken one minute apart, it could be just a coincedence. I'll post both photos to an orchid group to check what they think. Will correct things here once I know more. Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    The two photos are not of the same species. I am not sure about the other one, but I agree with Thibaud that this is not Maxillaria embreei. I searched a few Colombian orchid galleries but I couldn't find a good match for this one either. The full list of Maxillaria species is too long.
    http://www.sco.org.co/galeria/72157635113176479
    http://www.tropicomedia.org/archives/portfolio-item/orquideas-de-colombia
    http://www.orchidspecies.com/indexmast-max.htm Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks, removed for now. Good news that they are two species, bad news that it will be hard to identify them. No news yet from the orchids group. Posted 7 years ago
    2. 1. WildFlower
        
        Lion
        
        I think I've got a good candidate for this one.
        http://www.epidendra.org/taxones/Maxillaria/Maxillaria%20tenebrifolia/maxillaria_tenebrifolia_prot.pdf
        http://www.orchidspecies.com/maxtenebrifolia.htm
        https://www.flickr.com/photos/58798926@N07/24982873781/in/photostream/
        https://www.flickr.com/photos/58798926@N07/25076215295
        
        Do you know this group?
        https://www.flickr.com/groups/colombianorchids/ Posted 7 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        That looks like a super solid match, thanks for the research!
        
        I did run into that Flickr group a few weeks ago by accident but hadn't investigated it very closely. It's a great resource it seems. Will keep it handy as I have several more orchids upcoming.
        
        As a tip: starting from page 4 in the photo pool...
        https://www.flickr.com/groups/colombianorchids/pool/page4
        
        ...there's tons of Lepanthes species which are incredible and got me excited about orchids. It's getting late here, but I'll see if I can join some Flickr groups tomorrow, to access their discussion boards. Good night and thanks once again! Posted 7 years ago
        
        WildFlower
        
        Lion
        
        Orchids are beautiful, no doubt about that.
        It's 1 hour later here... good night. Posted 7 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Upon species creation, I noticed that eol.org does not acknowledge Maxillaria tenebrifolia yet. Could be because it's a relatively recent species. Since several sources claim the name, creating it anyway. Posted 7 years ago
        
        WildFlower
        
        Lion
        
        Maxillaria tenebrifolia is an orchid in the Maxillaria tenebrifolia genus???
        Is this the best you've got from all the information in the links above? Posted 7 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        There's no need to get snarky. I create a minimum species record to get it identified, removing it from unidentified and making it appear in the species browser.
        
        I'm not sure what you're implying, but I don't appreciate the tone at all. Posted 7 years ago
        
        WildFlower
        
        Lion
        
        Sorry, that's what happens when you stay too late at night trying to get photos off the unidentified list.
        We've discussed it a couple of times, including a reminder I sent you in my email two days ago but you seem to forget about it. A longer description would be more valuable and eductional but even in one sentence you could include more information when it is available. More details here
        https://www.jungledragon.com/forum/23/elite/741/new_moderator_albert_kang.html Posted 7 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Found this one as well:
        
        Now I'm really going to bed. Orchids keeping me up at night, who would have thought. Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago