Orchidaceae
Maxillaria aurea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Maxillaria
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Synonyms
- Camaridium aureum (Poepp. & Endl.) Hoehne
- Maxillaria gigantea subsp. condorensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson
- Neo-urbania aurea (Poepp. & Endl.) Szlach. & Sitko
- Ornithidium aureum Poepp. & Endl.
- Ornithidium bolivianum Schltr.
Flowers
- In flower
- April, September to December (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: David Sánchez-Gómez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ángela María Gómez M, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dario Taraborelli, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DANIEL ALEJANDRO CHICA BOTERO, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlo Brescia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.