Maxillaria camaridii Rchb.f.

  • Authority

    Schweinfurth, Charles. 1967. Orchidaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 69-214.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Maxillaria camaridii Rchb.f.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRITISH GUIANA. Yarikita Police Station, at junction of Yarikita and Amakura Rivers, along the Amakura River on overhanging dead tree, January 17-18, 1920, A. S. Hitchcock 17605; watershed between Rupununi and Kuyuwini Rivers, Parabarii Savanna, at edge of forest, lat. about 2°10'N., epiphyte, flowers pure white, the hp yellow within, February 15-17, 1938, A. C. Smith 3041. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Canaima and Salto Hacha, G. C. A. Dunsterville 108. Amazonas: Alto Ventuari, G. Bergold s.n. GUATEMALA to PANAMA, TRINIDAD (type of Camaridium ochroleucum), SURINAM, BRAZIL and PERU.

  • Discussion

    Camaridium ochroleucum Lindl.. Bot. Reg. 10: t. 844. 1824, not Maxillaria ochroleuca Lodd. ex Lindl., 1832.

  • Distribution

    BRITISH GUIANA. Yarikita Police Station, at junction of Yarikita and Amakura Rivers, along the Amakura River on overhanging dead tree, January 17-18, 1920, A. S. Hitchcock 17605; watershed between Rupununi and Kuyuwini Rivers, Parabarii Savanna, at edge of forest, lat. about 2°10'N., epiphyte, flowers pure white, the hp yellow within, February 15-17, 1938, A. C. Smith 3041. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Canaima and Salto Hacha, G. C. A. Dunsterville 108. Amazonas: Alto Ventuari, G. Bergold s.n. GUATEMALA

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