Maxillaria tenuifolia scoop Perhaps our finest native flowering

Perhaps our finest native flowering specimen

Possessing an intrinsic beauty that only hand-made ceramics can

Minibelle blooms are a lovely light pink with a darker centre

Lue Gim Gong fruit ripens from late spring

Maxillaria tenuifolia scoop Perhaps our finest native floweringMaxillaria tenuifolia, commonly known as the coconut orchid, is a charismatic and widely appreciated species within the orchid family Orchidaceae. Native to a broad range of Central Americaparticularly Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Ricait typically grows as an epiphyte in warm, seasonally dry to moderately humid forests at low to mid elevations. This species is easily recognized by its clumping growth habit, consisting of