Maxillaria quelchii Rolfe

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• County/Municipio

  Río Negro Mun.

• Locality

  Vicinity of CampVI, on a ridge on Venezuelan - Brazilian border, 3.5 km w of Pico Zuloaga

• Elevation

  Alt. 2000 m. (6562 ft.)

• Coordinates

  0.88, -65.93

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Studies in Neotropical Orchidaceae ( )
Maxillaria quelchii Rolfe
det: G. Camevali & I. Ramirez, 1995 (MO)
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
The New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden
Venezuela, Amazonas, Dpto. Rio Negro
Cerro de la Neblina Expedition
Orchidac.
Maxillaria
det: E.A. Christenson, 1989
Vicinity of Camp VI, on a ridge on
Venezuelan-Brazilian border, 3.5 km W of Pico
Zuloaga, elev. 2000 m, 0°53' N, 65°56'W.
Cloud forest in steep SW facing valley;
dominants include Araliac. and Melastomatac.,
with bryophytes and filmy ferns.
Epiphyte; sepals and lateral petals pinkish-
yellow; lip creamy below, becoming purple
distally; column finely purple stippled
basally.
W. W. Thomas 3100	13-15 April 1984
& T. Plowman
Field work supported by the Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y
Naturales, the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
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