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Maxillaria chrysantha

Author Barb.Rodr.

Species 1 award
Simple World Map Author: Al MacDonald Editor: Fritz Lekschas License: CC BY-SA 3.0 ID: ISO 3166-1 or "_[a-zA-Z]" if an ISO code is not available
Found in 2 countries
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Care and culture for Maxillaria chrysantha Photos and growing information from the Orchid Species Encyclopedia

Growing conditions

Cool Temperature class
319–900m Elevation
12°C Day/night drop
1,565mm Annual rainfall
Year-round Rainfall pattern

Temperature

26°S Southern Hemisphere
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec13°18°23°28°33°
Day high Night low Range across populations

Rainfall

1,565mm/year
050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmm
Jan 29° 27–30 17° 16–19 177mm
Feb 28° 27–30 17° 16–19 151mm
Mar 27° 26–29 16° 15–18 141mm
Apr 25° 24–27 14° 13–15 118mm
May 22° 21–24 11° 9–13 102mm
Jun 20° 19–23 8–11 109mm
Jul 21° 19–24 7–10 91mm
Aug 22° 21–25 10° 9–12 96mm
Sep 24° 21–26 12° 10–13 132mm
Oct 25° 23–27 14° 12–15 157mm
Nov 27° 25–28 15° 14–17 131mm
Dec 28° 26–29 16° 15–18 165mm

Bloom Season

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Awards

Photo: Howard K
ACC / AOC 2019 'Seaview'
77.30 points Exhibited by Willoughby M. & Ju O. SA 20 September 2019 OCSA spring show
Measurements
Flower size 38 × 37 mm Petals 27 × 5 mm Dorsal sepal 32 × 10 mm Lateral sepals 34 × 9 mm Lip 20 × 12 mm
88 flowers

88 inflorecences of 100mm with 88 flowers (1 relevant); petals yellow 3B with spots of greyed purple 185A; sepals yellow 9B; labellum yellow 3B with spots of greyed purple 185A

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