Maxillaria tenuifolia

Description

2” pot. Native to Mexico and Central America, this is the real, true coconut orchid – the one that smells exactly like coconut-scented suntan lotion. It’s extremely hardy, practically indestructible, and blooms while still small. Flowers are deep red with a showy white lip covered with dark red spots. It generally blooms in late spring or early summer and again in fall, with buds arising from the sides of the pseudobulbs. Young seedlings.