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Maxillaria tenuifolia 'Flagrant' × 'Bain de Soleil'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN6742
Name: Maxillaria tenuifolia 'Flagrant' × 'Bain de Soleil'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Troy C. Meyers
 
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Pollen Parent Flower
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plants: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: Pod parent plant: A highly colored cultivar with flowers held prominently on longer than normal pedicels.

Pollen parent plant: Dark flowers, strong coconut scent. Medium-sized plant.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 83°F, nights 67°F; best fit is Warm-Intermediate 87-64°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 74°F, nights 58°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of Maxillaria   From Latin "maxilla" jawbone. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of tenuifolia   From Latin "tenuis" thin; "folium" leaf. (Source: Brown 1956)
Pronunciation of Maxillaria   max-ill-AIR-ee-a (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of tenuifolia   ten-yoo-i-FOE-lee-ah (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
See if we have plants available in the greenhouse.
Yield Estimate: 124 plants (based on flask surveys done 10/29/2009 through 11/11/2009)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 55 - 100 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 07/12/2010 through 08/09/2010)
From one most recently surveyed flask 55 - 100 mm (08/09/2010)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: Mexico, Gratemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. In the past, it has also been reported as occurring in Costa Rica, but recent work indicates its occurrence there is doubtful. Plants grow in rainforests, tropical semi-deciduous forests, and sometimes in ravines in warm oak forest. They are found a lower elevations from near sea level to about 3300 ft. (1000 m).
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