Maxillaria who?

[Polarizeme]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Andy's Orchids - Orchid Species - Maxillaria - hematoglossa

See if it matches.

It does resemble this flower, however there is no yellow in it at all. It had a tag Max hemotaglossa, but I discounted it when I saw the yellow flowers online. I thought it had been mislabeled.

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Originally Posted by awest

Max meleagris has a pink flower variation that I believe looks like that.
IOSPE PHOTOS They have a link below the first picture.

Do you remember where it came from? That has been on my list for a little while now. The only pink thing on my list I think.

It does look remarkably similar. This plant came for David at Clackamas Orchids in Or. It was labeled Max hematoglossa but i thought it was a mislabel because of the color difference.

The lip on this is very pink/red. It's not black or dark.

Edited to add:
I just noticed that The picture of the pink variety on IOSPE is from David Morris. He is the grower I got this plant from. It must be this variety.

[awest]

Originally Posted by Polarizeme

This plant came for David at Clackamas Orchids in Or.

Completely out of inventory

Going back and forth between meleagris and hematoglossa on orchidspecies.

meleagris
is fragrant?, 2" flowers, 1.5-3.5" inflorescence, lower sepals point more downward

hematoglossa
no fragrance, 1" flowers, 5" inflorescence, lower sepals point out horizontally.

Of course then I noticed cucullata also has a red flower variation on Orchidspecies (is fragrant, 1.5-3.5" flowers, 5-15"inflorescence) and I can only trust that they do the research. I'm still going to guess meleagris based entirely on the direction of the lower sepals, but if in a couple years you've got huge flowers on foot long stems... I was wrong.

[Polarizeme]

Originally Posted by awest

Completely out of inventory

Going back and forth between meleagris and hematoglossa on orchidspecies.

meleagris
is fragrant?, 2" flowers, 1.5-3.5" inflorescence, lower sepals point more downward

hematoglossa
no fragrance, 1" flowers, 5" inflorescence, lower sepals point out horizontally.

Of course then I noticed cucullata also has a red flower variation on Orchidspecies (is fragrant, 1.5-3.5" flowers, 5-15"inflorescence) and I can only trust that they do the research. I'm still going to guess meleagris based entirely on the direction of the lower sepals, but if in a couple years you've got huge flowers on foot long stems... I was wrong.

Yes, David moved to another town and is working exclusively with his first love, Pleurothallids.

If you are interested, I'd be willing to divide this plant. I bought the last of David's extra Pleur. collection just before he moved. I have several plants that were hitch hikers and came along for the ride. The Maxillarias were some of those hitch hikers. I have a huge tenifolia that I took some divisions from as well.