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Coconut Orchid

Maxillaria tenuifolia

Field notes

Maxillaria tenuifolia, the delicate-leafed maxillaria or coconut pie orchid, is a species of orchid ranging from Mexico to Nicaragua and possibly Costa Rica. These plants are easy to grow if kept moist and given good air movement in a high-light windowsill of any orientation but North.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided