Maxillaria Sanguinea - Orchid Board

Clawhammer · #1 10-30-2023, 02:57 PM

Does anyone grow Maxillaria Sanguinea? I'm wondering if it requires a winter dry rest like tenufolia....

Clawhammer · #2 10-31-2023, 08:52 AM

Bump!

There is no Baker Sheet for this species... I am pretty spoiled by the Baker Sheets and not having a cheat sheet for this species is giving me some light anxiety... Does anyone know if the tenufolia or variabilis Baker Sheets would be similar to Sanguinea?

Maxillaria is such an underrated alliance...

Roberta · #3 10-31-2023, 10:32 AM

Looked up the species... it is somewhat lower elevation than Max tenuifolia or variabilis. I grow both tenuifoia and variabilis outside, don't dry them out, the chill probably compensates for the dryness they don't get. M. sanguinea being lower elevation probably would not be happy with the cold. I wonder if it experiences much of a dry period since it grows in rainforest?

Clawhammer · #4 10-31-2023, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Roberta

Looked up the species... it is somewhat lower elevation than Max tenuifolia or variabilis. I grow both tenuifoia and variabilis outside, don't dry them out, the chill probably compensates for the dryness they don't get. M. sanguinea being lower elevation probably would not be happy with the cold. I wonder if it experiences much of a dry period since it grows in rainforest?

Thanks Roberta, this is helpful. I have the Baker sheets for both tenufolia and variabilis. Variabilis gets cooler temps and less water during the winter than Tenufolia. Since tenufolia is closer in elevation to sanguinea, and doesn't really cool much for winter, this leads me to believe that I can keep sanguinea in intermediate/warm winter conditions with a normal winter watering schedule (slightly reduced watering for entire greenhouse).

avian · #5 10-31-2023, 04:10 PM

I have a sanguinea. It stays indoors and is watered throughout the year, no winter dry rest.
It does not enjoy the cold.
Here's some cultural info from Andy's:
Andy's Orchids'

Clawhammer · #6 10-31-2023, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by avian

I have a sanguinea. It stays indoors and is watered throughout the year, no winter dry rest.
It does not enjoy the cold.
Here's some cultural info from Andy's:
Andy's Orchids'

Much appreciated!!

camille1585 · #7 11-01-2023, 04:17 AM

Can't help in the least, but just have to say that I wasn't familiar with this maxillaria species until now and it looks great! I have a (gigantic) tenuifolia which I love, and always wanted to ask a few smaller species to the collection. This might be the one.

Clawhammer · #8 11-01-2023, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by camille1585

Can't help in the least, but just have to say that I wasn't familiar with this maxillaria species until now and it looks great! I have a (gigantic) tenuifolia which I love, and always wanted to ask a few smaller species to the collection. This might be the one.

It supposed to have a fruity fragrance and it is significantly smaller than tenufolia. Variabilis is another very nice looking fragrant maxillaria that is smaller than tenufolia. My favorite though is Mormolyca ruscefens... Amazing fragrance, free blooming, and small...

camille1585 · #9 11-01-2023, 01:30 PM

I think it was Patty (now non active member sadly) who had a really nice collection of Maxillaria, including quite a number of miniatures that were just so cute. A shame she's left.

avian · #10 11-03-2023, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by camille1585

Can't help in the least, but just have to say that I wasn't familiar with this maxillaria species until now and it looks great! I have a (gigantic) tenuifolia which I love, and always wanted to ask a few smaller species to the collection. This might be the one.

Check out Maxillaria gracilis (cerifera). It's one of the small Maxillaria. It does well outdoors at least for me in So. CA. Range of temperatures for this one is cool to hot and can generally tolerate extremes. Last year it bloomed with one flower but this year there were eight little flowers.