1) Orchid 2) Orchidaceous plant 
Recent molecular studies have found Maxillaria as it has long been viewed to be a unnatural hodgepodge composed of groups not closely related to each other. Hence it has been proposed that the genus should be split into several genera, proposals that have been gaining acceptance. Some of the species long considered members of Maxillaria have been ...
genus of more than 300 species of tropical American orchids, family Orchidaceae, that grow on other plants or on soil at high altitudes. Some ...
Maxillaria is a genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids, with slender coriaceous leaves, and mostly small flowers borne on one-flowered peduncles.
[n] - any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers
noun any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers