Maxillaria purpureolabia Monolena Benefits from a moss pole

Benefits from a moss pole or support structure to encourage climbing and proper leaf development

creating a tightly packed floral display that emerges in succession and persists over an extended blooming period

immediately recognizable by its terete

This magnificent species showcases some of the most spectacular foliage in the aroid family

Maxillaria purpureolabia Monolena Benefits from a moss poleA robust and architecturally striking species from the cloud forests of South America, forming upright, fan like growths without prominent pseudobulbs. Flowers are produced in dense terminal clusters at the apex of the stems, with narrow, spreading tepals and a small, rounded, deeply pigmented lip an unusual and eye catching inflorescence structure rarely seen in the genus. Light: Bright indirect light with 4060% shade cloth; avoid direct sun, which