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Maxillaria schunkeana
Maxillaria schunkeana is a small Brazilian epiphytic orchid whose dark purple-red flowers look almost black. It grows on trees in humid rainforest and needs bright, humid, airy conditions with careful watering.
Maxillaria schunkeana (syn. Brasiliorchis schunkeana) is a species of orchid. The colors of its flower are very close to black, but it is actually a very dark purple-red, giving the impression of a black flower.
The plant is found in the rainforest in Espírito Santo State, Brazil, at elevations of 600 to 700 meters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maxillaria schunkeana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
