Maxillaria encyclioides Maranta fully open flowers featuring broad

fully open flowers featuring broad ovate sepals

heavily textured

producing solitary flowers on short scapes from the base of the pseudobulbs

This charming orchid produces elegant

while the small hooded dorsal sepal curves forward like a cap and tiny sharp-tipped petals flank the sides — an unmistakably beetle-like silhouette at close range

Maxillaria encyclioides Maranta fully open flowers featuring broadA floriferous epiphyte native to Ecuador, forming dense fans of lanceolate leaves and producing multiple small flowers simultaneously on short scapes. Each bloom features spreading lanceolate sepals and petals with a cucullate dorsal sepal and a small lip with a distinctive dark central mark. Light: Bright indirect light with 4060% shade cloth; avoid direct sun exposure. Temperature: 5878F (1426C); an intermediate warm grower that thrives with stable