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Purple Tiger Orchid
Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Orchids

Purple Tiger Orchid

Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay

Names

EnglishPurple Tiger Orchid
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Spanish—
Chinese—
Scientific nameMaxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay

About this species

Maxillaria parviflora, the purple tiger orchid, is a species of epiphytic orchid native to Florida, the West Indies and through Latin America from Mexico to Bolivia.

Recent molecular studies have suggested that Maxillaria should be split into several genera, with this species included in the genus Camaridium.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusMaxillaria

In Suriname

5Records in Suriname
2001First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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