Maxillaria subulata Lindl.

Barberena, Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin, Silva, Roberto da & Lopes, Rosana Conrado, 2022, Copacabana is more than a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the orchid flora of Parque Estadual da Chacrinha, Caldasia 44 (1), pp. 30-40 : 37-38

12. Maxillaria subulata Lindl. ,

Gen. Sp. Orchid Pl. 147. 1832. Fig. 2i

Rupicolous herb. Leaves 2, sessile, apical; blade dark green, immaculate, coriaceous, concave, conduplicate, linear, obscurely parallel-veined, apex acute. Inflorescence in raceme, lateral, 1-flowered, glabrous. Flowers resupinate, ecalcarate; sepals and petals brownish-orange with vinaceous macules; lip brownish-orange with vinaceous macules and an atropurpureous longitudinal stripe, slightly trilobed.

Distribution: Paraguay and Brazil, where it occurs in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains (Flora do Brasil c2020, Govaerts et al. c2020).

Specimen examined: 14 Jun 2006 (fl), L.T.J. Cardoso & R.C. Forzza s.n. ( RB 428890 ) .

Figures

Figure 2. Parque Estadual da Chacrinha (PE Chacrinha) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: landscapes and species. a. Park entrance, b. Fragment of lowland dense ombrophilous forest, c. Rocky outcrop, d. Brassavola tuberculata Hook., e. Cyrtopodium flavum Link & Otto ex Rchb.f., f. Eltroplectris triloba (Lindl.) Pabst, g. Epidendrum secundum Jacq., h. Habenaria leptoceras Hook., i. Maxillaria subulata Lindl., j. Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl., k. Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook., l. Trichocentrum pumilum (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams. Photos by Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin Barberena (a-c, f, g-j, and l) and Roberto da Silva (d-e, and k).