Maxillaria swartziana

[DrLeslieEe]

A cute red flower centipede!! Growing in the warm Xterra tank.

 

[My Green Pets]

Wow it looks just like a Dendrobium!

 

[Ozpaph]

that's different.

 

[Guldal]

Ooooh, it's so nice and cute!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

It’s a caterpillar now lol.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

That's a cool little thing!

 

[richgarrison]

May the swartz be with you...

(sorry it was just too obvious)

 

[tomp]

There is a lot to like about the genus Maxillaria. There is wide variety of interesting shapes and growth habit And one does not have to be concerned about all the “bigger, flatter” issues.

 

[Linus_Cello]

May the swartz be with you...

(sorry it was just too obvious)

Oh no- not again… (snarl- hello my baby hello my honey hello my rag time gal…)

 

[DrLeslieEe]

May the swartz be with you...

(sorry it was just too obvious)

You might have to take that back lol.

I suspect this might be Maxillaria dichaeoides after a literature (and OW-OP) research.

See pics from OP SITF and the Eric Christenson book below:

 

[Orchideric]

This is Max dichaeoides for sure!!! The one listed on the SITF is mine....

 

[DrLeslieEe]

This is Max dichaeoides for sure!!! The one listed on the SITF is mine....

Great to have you onboard with your experience. Your plant on SITF swayed me to this conclusion. Thank you!

May I inquire… Where or who was the origin of your plant? Do you have your plant and flower pics to share in this post (that’s different from the AOS photos)?

 

[Tom-DE]

Your plant looks very much like my M. dichaeoides except mine had pinkish-white flowers with pink spots...but the color is not a factor for ID in general. It will get nice and big over time...lots of flowers.