Maxillaria floribunda Lindl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Zulia

• Locality

  Perijá. "Campamento Frontera VI", on tepuí-like sandstone ridge 4 x 0.5 - 1 km running E-W, east of the international border, between the headwaters of Río del Norte and southermost branch of Río Aricuaisa

• Elevation

  Alt. 2400 m. (7874 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.5, -73.1

• Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
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INSTITUTO BOTANICO-CARACAS
HERBARIO NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA
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Terrestrial in low,mc&jlt, thick vegetation; leaves
coriaceous, new ones green-brown, sub-lustrous;
lower leaves yellow-brown, sheaths tan; sepals
light red below, »each above; lateral petals same,
with revolute margins; lip cream white with brown
border and purple bands in the center; column
cream white with purple spots and yellow tinge
at .base; pleasant hyacinth-like odor; long creep-
ing rhizome up to 2m in loose litter.
“Campamento Frontera VI", (Lat. 9°30‘ N, Long. 73 06* W), on tepuf-llke
sandstone rld§e 4 x 0.5—1 km running E - W, east of the international
border, between the headwaters of Rfo del Norte and the southernmost
brahch of Rfo Aricuaisa;	Distrito Perlja, Estado Zulla; ca.
2k00 m elev..
Paul E. Berry Mo. ] 2 5	23-28 July 1971*
ExploraclSn raallzada an cooparaclfin con la DlracclSn da Frontara dal Miniatario da Ralaclonaa
Extarloraa.
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