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A small epiphytic orchid from wet tropical forests of Central and northern South America, with yellow flowers spotted red on the lip. It is rare in cultivation and is best grown mounted on wood or cork or in a pot with an open, airy mix.
Maxillaria aureoglobula, the golden globe maxillaria, is a species of epiphytic orchid native to Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. Originally this species was included in the species Maxillaria rufescens but in 2002 it was described a distinct species by Eric Christenson. The type specimen was collected in Columbia although the precise location is unknown.
Maxillaria aureoglobula like most orchids in its genus is rare in cultivation typically only kept in specialty collection. In cultivation plants can be grown in pots or in a similar fashion to how they grow in nature mounted on pieces of wood or cork.
The distribution of Maxillaria aureoglobula is not well known due to its relatively recent classification. What is known is from the seven collected plants documented in literature. In Brazil three plants have been reported, one in the state of Maranhão and two in the state Mato Grosso. Two plants in Venezuela were incorrectly documented as Maxillaria rufescens by Dunsterville and Gray in 1961 one plant in the Municipality of Maracay in the state of Aragua the other was found in Municipality of Guatopo in the state of Miranda. The type specimen was a plant in cultivation with an unknown locality in Colombia. In 2016 Sauleda reported on a specimen that was found in the municipality of Darién in the state of Chohó. This plant gave a documented locality in Colombia.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
