genus
Tiger Orchids
Maxillaria
Field notes
Children
- Flame Orchid
- Coconut Orchid native
- Maxillaria egertoniana
- Variable Maxillaria
- Rufous Tiger Orchid
- Hidden Orchid native
- Maxillaria fletcheriana
- Cowl-carrying Maxillaria
- Maxillaria fulgens
- Purple Tiger Orchid
- Maxillaria lehmannii
- Maxillaria grandiflora
- Maxillaria lineolata
- Maxillaria ringens
- Maxillaria sanguinea
- Maxillaria oreocharis
- Black Orchid
- Maxillaria sophronitis
- Maxillaria ubatubana
- Repentes
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native tiger orchids All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.