Orchidaceae
Maxillaria variabilis
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Maxillaria
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 多色小颚唇兰
- Japanese
- マキシラリア・ヴァリアビリス
Synonyms
- Maxillaria angustifolia Hook.
- Maxillaria chiriquiensis Schltr.
- Maxillaria lyonii Lindl.
- Maxillaria panamensis Schltr.
- Maxillaria revoluta Klotzsch
- Maxillaria variabilis subvar. lutea A.H.Kent
- Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata Lindl.
- Maxillariella chiriquiensis (Schltr.) Szlach. & Sitko
- Maxillariella panamensis (Schltr.) Szlach. & Sitko
- Maxillariella variabilis (Bateman ex Lindl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali
- Maxillariella variabilis var. unipunctata (Lindl.) Solano
Photos

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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Maxillaria variabilis: 多色腋唇蘭 Maxillaria variabilis [香港沙田洋蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/%E5%A4%9A%E8%89%B2%E8%85%8B%E5%94%87%E8%98%AD_Maxillaria_variabilis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289207600240%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%A4%9A%E8%89%B2%E8%85%8B%E5%94%87%E8%98%AD_Maxillaria_variabilis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289207600240%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Maxillaria variabilis: 多色腋唇蘭 Maxillaria variabilis [香港沙田洋蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/%E5%A4%9A%E8%89%B2%E8%85%8B%E5%94%87%E8%98%AD_Maxillaria_variabilis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289216084264%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%A4%9A%E8%89%B2%E8%85%8B%E5%94%87%E8%98%AD_Maxillaria_variabilis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289216084264%29.jpg)
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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.