Growing conditions
Intermediate Temperature class
0–1,650m Elevation
11°C Day/night drop
1,763mm Annual rainfall
Seasonal Rainfall pattern
Temperature
17°N Northern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,763mm/yearJan 25° 23–27 13° 11–16 45mm
Feb 26° 24–28 14° 11–16 35mm
Mar 28° 26–30 15° 13–18 32mm
Apr 29° 27–31 17° 14–19 49mm
May 30° 27–32 18° 15–20 131mm
Jun 28° 26–31 18° 16–20 275mm
Jul 28° 25–30 17° 15–20 255mm
Aug 28° 26–30 17° 15–20 267mm
Sep 27° 25–29 17° 15–20 316mm
Oct 27° 24–29 17° 14–19 219mm
Nov 26° 24–28 15° 13–18 85mm
Dec 25° 23–27 14° 11–17 54mm
Bloom Season
Based on 32 Maxillaria awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Awards
ACM / AOC 2017 'Gold'
82.00 points Exhibited by Fetherston J. NSW 6 October 2017 Southern Orchid Spectacular
Measurements
Flower size 15 × 16 mm Petals 10 × 3 mm Dorsal sepal 17 × 5 mm Lateral sepals 17 × 5 mm Lip 4 × 4 mm
25 inflorescences 97 flowers
25 inflorescences of 5mm with 97 flowers + 10buds (5 relevant); petals and sepals Yellow orange 20A; labellum Yellow orange 20A with greyed Orange 166A in throat
View on AOC website ↗Hybrids from Maxillaria variabilis
As seed parent
Maxillaria Memoria Ben Berliner × Maxillaria tenuifolia MILTASSIA
Maxillaria Sea Breeze × Maxillaria houtteana