Orchidaceae
Coconut orchid
Maxillaria tenuifolia
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Maxillaria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Cantonese
- 咖啡蘭
- Chinese
- 咖啡蘭, 小颚唇兰
- English
- Coconut orchid, Delicate-leafed maxillariella
- Japanese
- マキシラリア・テヌイフォリア
Synonyms
- Maxillaria gracilifolia Kraenzl.
- Maxillariella tenuifolia (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali
Photos

Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Edu from São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Averater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.