Here is what Lance had to say:
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Originally Posted by gonewild
I looked at the photos. It is very similar to a couple different species I have seen growing at elevations around 1000 meters. It looks like it might be a ground epiphyte. I bet there are several hundred Maxillaria species in Peru that are still undescribed and this could be one of them. Just because it was labeled in Peru does not mean it was correct. Peruvians are notorious at assuming a name is correct if it is even close to correct.
This also could be a hybrid, can you ask what the label says? And try to find out if the plant was imported directly from Peru or grown from seed here.
The near black color definitely sets it apart from the norm but there is a lot of color variation in some of the wild species. There is a grower near here that has a black species labeled M.variabilia. I will look tomorrow and see if there are any flowers to photograph for comparison.
regards,
Lance
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