List of Maxillaria Species

There are about 570 species of Maxillaria. Many species that were formerly classified in this genus have been reclassified under Lycaste and Xylobium.

• Maxillaria acervata Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria aciantha Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria acicularis Herb ex Lindl.
• Maxillaria acostae Schltr.
• Maxillaria acuminata Lindl. in G.Bentham : Gradually Tapering Point Maxillaria
• Maxillaria acutifolia Lindl. : Pointy Leaf Maxillaria
• Maxillaria acutipetala Hook : Pointy Petal Maxillaria
• Maxillaria adendrobium (Rchb.f.) Dressler
• Maxillaria adolphi (Schltr.) Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria adscendens Schltr.
• Maxillaria aequiloba Schltr.
• Maxillaria affinis (Poepp& Endl.) Garay
• Maxillaria aggregata (Kunth) Lindl.
• Maxillaria alba (Hook.) Lindl.
• Maxillaria albata Lindl.
• Maxillaria albiflora Ames & C.Schweinf
• Maxillaria allenii L.O.Williams
• Maxillaria alpestris Lindlin G.Bentham : Alpine Maxillaria

• Maxillaria alticola C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria amabilis J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria amazonica Schltr.
• Maxillaria amblyantha Kraenzl
• Maxillaria ampliflora C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria anatomorum Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria anceps Ames & C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria angustibulbosa C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria angustifolia Schltr. - now a synonym of Maxillaria strictifolia P.Ortiz (nom. nov.)
• Maxillaria angustisegmenta Ames & C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria angustissima Ames F.T.Hubb & C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria antioquiana Kraenzl
• Maxillaria appendiculoides C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria arachnites Rchb.f. : Spider-shaped Maxillaria
• Maxillaria arachnitiflora Ames & C.Schweinf. : Spider Flower Maxillaria
• Maxillaria arbuscula (Lindl.) Rchb.f. : Diminutive Maxillaria
• Maxillaria argyrophylla Poepp& Endl

• Maxillaria attenuata Ames & C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria atwoodiana Pupulin
• Maxillaria augustae-victoriae F.Lehm& Kraenzl. : Augusta Victoria's Maxillaria, Hirtz's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria aurea (Poepp & Endl.) L.O.Williams : Giant Maxillaria
• Maxillaria aureoglobula Christenson
• Maxillaria aurorae D.E.Benn& Christenson
• Maxillaria auyantepuiensis Foldats : Auyantepu Maxillaria
  • Maxillaria auyantepuiensis subsp. auyantepuiensis.
  • Maxillaria auyantepuiensis subsp. epiphytica Carnevali & I.Ramírez
• Maxillaria azulensis D.E.Benn & Christenson.
• Maxillaria barbosae Loefgr.
• Maxillaria batemanii Poepp & Endl
• Maxillaria bennettii Christenson
• Maxillaria bicallosa (Rchb.f.) Garay
• Maxillaria bicolor Ruiz & Pav. : Joined Pavement (Peru)
• Maxillaria binotii De Wild.

• Maxillaria biolleyi (Schltr.) L.O.Williams
• Maxillaria bocazensis D.E.Benn& Christenson.
• Maxillaria bolivarensis C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria boliviensis Schltr.
• Maxillaria bolleoides Schltr.
• Maxillaria bomboizensis Dodson
• Maxillaria brachybulbon Schltr.
• Maxillaria brachypetala Schltr.
• Maxillaria brachypoda Schltr.
• Maxillaria bracteata (Schltr.) Ames & Correlli
• Maxillaria bradei Schltrex Hoehne : Brade's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria bradeorum (Schltr.) L.O.Williams
• Maxillaria brasiliensis Brieger & R.D.Illg : Brazilian Maxillaria
• Maxillaria brevifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
• Maxillaria brevilabia Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria brevis (Hoehne & Schltr.) Hoehne
• Maxillaria breviscapa Poepp & Endl. : Short-stemmed Maxillaria
• Maxillaria broadwayi (Cogn.) R.E.Schult.
• Maxillaria burgeri J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria burtonii D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria cacaoensis J.T.Atwood : Cacao Maxillaria
• Maxillaria cachacoensis J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria caespitifica Rchb.f. : Mat-forming Maxillaria
• Maxillaria caespitosa C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria calantha Schltr. : Beautiful-blooming Maxillaria
• Maxillaria caloglossa Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria camaridii Rchb.f. : Camaridium Maxillaria
• Maxillaria camaridioides Schltr.
• Maxillaria campanulata C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria canarensis J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria candida G.Lodd. ex Lindl.
• Maxillaria caparaoensis Brade
• Maxillaria caquetana Schltr.
• Maxillaria carinulata Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria carolii Christenson
• Maxillaria cassapensis Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
• Maxillaria casta Kraenzl
• Maxillaria caucae Garay
• Maxillaria caucana Schltr.
• Maxillaria caulina Schltr.
• Maxillaria caveroi D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria cedralensis J.T.Atwood & Mora-Ret.
• Maxillaria chacoensis Dodson
• Maxillaria chartacifolia Ames & C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria chicana Dodson
• Maxillaria chionantha J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria chlorantha Lindl.
• Maxillaria christensonii D.E.Benn.
• Maxillaria christobalensis Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria chrysantha Barb.Rodr. : Golden Yellow-flowered Maxillaria
• Maxillaria chrysocycnoides (Schltr.) Senghas
• Maxillaria cleistogama Brieger & R.D.Illg
• Maxillaria cobanensis Schltr. : Coban Maxillaria
• Maxillaria coccinea (Jacq.) L.O.Williams ex Hodge : Scarlet Maxillaria
• Maxillaria cogniauxiana Hoehne : Cogniaux' Maxillaria
• Maxillaria colemanii Carnevali & Fritz
• Maxillaria colorata Rchb.fin W.G.Walpers
• Maxillaria compacta (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria concavilabia Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria condorensis J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria conduplicata (Ames & C.Schweinf.) L.O. Williams
• Maxillaria confusa Ames & C.Schweinf. : Confounded Maxillaria
• Maxillaria connellii Rolfe
• Maxillaria convencionis Kraenzl
• Maxillaria cordyline (Rchb.f.) Dodson
• Maxillaria cornuta C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria costaricensis Schltr.
• Maxillaria cozierana H.G.Jones
• Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f. : Thick-leaved Maxillaria
• Maxillaria crocea Poepp & Endl
• Maxillaria croceorubens (Rchb.f.) L.O. Williams
• Maxillaria cryptobulbon Carnevali & J.T. Atwood : Hidden Pseudobulb Maxillaria
• Maxillaria ctenostachys Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria cucullata Lindl. : Cowl-carrying Maxillaria
• Maxillaria cuencana Garay
• Maxillaria cuneiformis Ruiz & Pav.
• Maxillaria cuzcoensis C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria cymbidioides Dodson J.T. Atwood & Carnevali
• Maxillaria cyperifolia (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria dalessandroi Dodson
• Maxillaria darienensis J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria dendrobioides (Schltr.) L.O. Williams : Dendrobium-like Maxillaria
• Maxillaria densa Lindl. : Crowded Maxillaria
• Maxillaria densifolia (Poepp & Endl.) Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria desvauxiana Rchb.f. : Desvaux' Maxillaria
• Maxillaria deuterocaquetana P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria deuteropastensis P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria diamantensis Kraenzl
• Maxillaria dichotoma (Schltr.) L.O. Williams
• Maxillaria dichroma Rolfe
• Maxillaria dillonii D.E. Benn & Christenson : Dillon's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria discolor (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Rchb.
• Maxillaria disticha (Lindl.) C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria diuturna Ames & C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria divitiflora Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria dolichophylla Schltr.
• Maxillaria dressleriana Carnevali & J.T. Atwood
• Maxillaria × dunstervillei Carnevali & I. Ramírez
• Maxillaria echinophyta Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria ecuadorensis Schltr. : Ecuadorian Maxillaria
• Maxillaria edwardsii D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria elata Schltr.
• Maxillaria elatior (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers : Albert's Maxillaria, Sturdy Maxillaria
• Maxillaria elegans Schltr.
• Maxillaria elegantula Rolfe : Graceful Maxillaria
• Maxillaria embreei Dodson : Embre's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria encyclioides J.T. Atwood & Dodson
• Maxillaria endresii Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria equitans (Schltr.) Garay : Leaf-riding Maxilllaria
• Maxillaria erubescens Kraenzl
• Maxillaria estradae Dodson
• Maxillaria exaltata (Kraenzl.) C. Schweinf.
• Maxillaria falcata Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria farinifera Schltr.
• Maxillaria ferdinandiana Barb. Rodr.
• Maxillaria fimbriatiloba Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali
• Maxillaria flava Ames F.T.Hubb & C.Schweinf. : Yellow Maxillaria
• Maxillaria fletcheriana Rolfe : Fletcher's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria floribunda Lindl. in G. Bentham
• Maxillaria foldatsiana Carnevali & I.Ramírez
• Maxillaria formosa Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali
• Maxillaria fractiflexa Rchb.f. : Inward-rolling Maxillaria
• Maxillaria fragrans J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria frechettei D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria friderici-caroli P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria friedrichsthalii Rchb.f. : Freidrichsthal's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria fucata Rchb.f. : Decorated Maxillaria
• Maxillaria fuerstenbergiana Schltr. : Fuerstenberg's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria fulgens (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams : Shiny Maxillaria
• Maxillaria funerea Lindl.
• Maxillaria funicaulis C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria furfuracea Scheidw.
• Maxillaria fuscopurpurea Drapiez
• Maxillaria galantha J.T.Atwood & Carnevali
• Maxillaria garayi D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria gatunensis Schltr.
• Maxillaria geckophora D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria gentryi Dodson
• Maxillaria gomeziana J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria gorbatschowii R.Vásquez Dodson & Ibisch
• Maxillaria gracilipes Schltr.
• Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. : Delicate Maxillaria
• Maxillaria graminifolia (Kunth) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers : Grass-like Leafed Maxillaria
• Maxillaria grandiflora (Kunth) Lindl. : Large-flowered Maxillaria
• Maxillaria grandimentum C.Schweinf. : Large Chin Maxillaria
• Maxillaria grandis Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria granditenuis D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria grayi Dodson
• Maxillaria grisebachiana Nir & Dod in M.A.Niir
• Maxillaria grobyoides Garay & Dunst.
• Maxillaria guadalupensis Cogn in I.Urban
• Maxillaria gualaquizensis Dodson
• Maxillaria guareimensis Rchb.f. : Guareime Maxillaria
• Maxillaria guentheriana Kraenzl
• Maxillaria guiardiana Chiron
• Maxillaria gymnochila Kraenzl
• Maxillaria haberi J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria haemathodes (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay
• Maxillaria hagsateriana Soto Arenas
• Maxillaria hastulata Lindl. in G.Bentham
• Maxillaria hedwigiae Hamer & Dodson : Hedwig's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria heismanniana Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria hennisiana Schltr. : Hennis' Maxillaria
• Maxillaria herzogiana Kraenzl
• Maxillaria hillsii Dodson
• Maxillaria hirsutilabia D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria hirtilabia Lindl.
• Maxillaria hoppii Schltr.
• Maxillaria horichii Senghas
• Maxillaria houtteana Rchb.f. : Short-column Maxillaria, Houtte's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria huancabambae (Kraenzl.) C. Schweinf.
• Maxillaria huanucoensis D.E.Benn & Christenson.
• Maxillaria huebschii Rchb.f. : Huebsch' Maxillaria
• Maxillaria hystrionica (Rchb.f.) L.O. Williams
• Maxillaria imbricata Barb. Rodr.
• Maxillaria inaudita Rchb.f. : Unheard Maxillaria
• Maxillaria infausta Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria inflexa (Lindl.) Griseb.
• Maxillaria insignis Rolfe
• Maxillaria insolita Dressler
• Maxillaria irrorata Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria jamboensis Dodson
• Maxillaria jamesonii (Rchb.f.) Garay & C. Schweinf.
• Maxillaria jenischiana (Rchb.f.) C. Schweinf.
• Maxillaria johannis Pabst
• Maxillaria johniana Kraenzl.
• Maxillaria jostii Dodson
• Maxillaria jucunda F.Lehm & Kraenzl
• Maxillaria juergensii Schltr. : Jurgen's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria jugata Garay
• Maxillaria kalbreyeri Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria kautskyi Pabst
• Maxillaria kegelii Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria klugii C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria koehleri Schltr. : Shiny Lip Maxillaria
• Maxillaria laevilabris Lindl. in G. Bentham : Shiny-lip Maxillaria
• Maxillaria lamprochlamys (Schltr.) P. Ortiz
• Maxillaria langlassei Schltr.
• Maxillaria lankesteri Ames : Lankester's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria lasallei Foldats
• Maxillaria lawrenceana (Rolfe) Garay & Dunst.
• Maxillaria leforii D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria lehmannii Rchb.f. : Lehmann's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria lepidota Lindl. : Scaled Maxillaria
• Maxillaria leucaimata Barb.Rodr. : White Blood-red Maxillaria
• Maxillaria lexarzana Soto Arenas & F.Chiang
• Maxillaria lilacea Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria lilliputana D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria lindeniae Cogn. : Linden's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria lindleyana Schltr. : Lindley's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria linearifolia Ames & C.Schweinf. : Long-leafed Maxillaria
• Maxillaria linearis C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria liparophylla Summerh.
• Maxillaria litensis Dodson
• Maxillaria loefgrenii (Cogn.) Pabst
• Maxillaria longibracteata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G. Walpers
• Maxillaria longicaulis Schltr
• Maxillaria longicolumna J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria longiloba (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria longipes Lindl. in G. Bentham : Long Column Foot Maxillaria
• Maxillaria longipetiolata Ames & C. Schweinf.
• Maxillaria longissima Lindl. : Longest Petal Maxillaria
• Maxillaria loretoensis C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria lueri Dodson
• Maxillaria luteoalba Lindl. : Yellow and White Maxillaria
• Maxillaria luteobrunnea (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria lutheri J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria machinazensis D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria machupicchuensis Christenson & N.Salinas
• Maxillaria macleei Bateman ex Lindl
• Maxillaria macropoda Schltr.
• Maxillaria macrura Rchb.f. : Long-tailed Maxillaria
  • Maxillaria macrura f. aurea Christenson (Venezuela)
• Maxillaria maderoi Schltr.
• Maxillaria madida Lindl. : Moist-growing Maxillaria
• Maxillaria maldonadoensis J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria maleolens Schltr.
• Maxillaria mapiriensis (Kraenzl.) L.O. Williams
• Maxillaria marginata Fenzl : Rimmed-petal Maxillaria
• Maxillaria margretiae R.Vásquez
• Maxillaria mariaisabeliae J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria marmoliana Dodson
• Maxillaria matthewsii Lindl. in G.Bentham : Matthews' Maxillaria
• Maxillaria mejiae Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali
• Maxillaria meleagris Lindl. : Spotted Guinea Fowl Maxillaria, Dotted and Striped Maxillaria
• Maxillaria melina Lindl.
• Maxillaria merana Dodson
• Maxillaria meridensis Lindl. : Mérida Maxillaria
• Maxillaria mexicana J.T.Atwood:.
• Maxillaria microblephara Schltr.
• Maxillaria microdendron Schltr.
• Maxillaria microiridifolia D.E.Benn& Christenson
• Maxillaria microphyton Schltr.
• Maxillaria microtricha Schltr.
• Maxillaria milenae V.P.Castro & Chiron
• Maxillaria miniata (Lindl.) L.O. Williams : Rust-red Maxillaria
• Maxillaria minor (Schltr.) L.O. Williams : Least Maxillaria
• Maxillaria minuta Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)
• Maxillaria minutiflora D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria modesta Schltr.
• Maxillaria modestiflora Pabst
• Maxillaria molitor Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria mombachoensis A.Heller ex J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria monacensis Kraenzl.
• Maxillaria monantha Barb.Rodr. : Single-flowered Maxillaria
• Maxillaria monteverdensis J.T.Atwood & Barboza
• Maxillaria moralesii Carnevali & J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria mosenii Kraenzl. : Mosen's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria moutinhoi Pabst
• Maxillaria muelleri Regel
• Maxillaria multicaulis (Poepp & Endl.) C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria multiflora Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria mungoschraderi R.Vásquez & Ibisch
• Maxillaria muscicola Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria muscoides J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria nagelii L.O.Williams ex Correl
• Maxillaria nanegalensis Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria napoensis Dodson
• Maxillaria nardoides Kraenzl. : Pine Needle Maxillaria
• Maxillaria nasuta Rchb.f. : Nosed Maxillaria
• Maxillaria neglecta (Schltr.) L.O. Williams
• Maxillaria neillii Dodson
• Maxillaria neophylla Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria neowiedii Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria nicaraguensis (Hamer & Garay) J.T. Atwood
• Maxillaria niesseniae Christenson
• Maxillaria nigrescens Lindl. : Blackish Maxillaria
• Maxillaria nitidula Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria notylioglossa Rchb.f. : Notylia-like Lip Maxillaria
• Maxillaria nubigena (Rchb.f.) C.Schweinf. : Cloud-growing Maxillaria
• Maxillaria nuriensis Carnevali & I.Ramírez
• Maxillaria nutans Lindlin G.Bentham : Nodding Maxillaria
• Maxillaria nutantiflora Schltr.
• Maxillaria nymphopolitana Kraenzl
• Maxillaria obscura Linden & Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria ochracea (Rchb.f.) Garay
• Maxillaria ochroglossa Schltr.
• Maxillaria ochroleuca Lodd. ex Lindl.
• Maxillaria oestlundiana L.O.Williams
• Maxillaria olivacea (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria ophiodens J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria oreocharis Schltr.
• Maxillaria oxapampensis J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria oxysepala Schltr.
• Maxillaria pacholskii Christenson
• Maxillaria pachyacron Schltr.
• Maxillaria pachyneura F.Lehm & Kraenzl.
• Maxillaria pachyphylla Schltrex Hoehne
• Maxillaria paleata (Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria palmensis Dodson
• Maxillaria palmifolia (Sw.) Lindl.
• Maxillaria pamplonensis Linden & Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria pannieri Foldats
• Maxillaria parahybunensis Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) : Parahybuna Maxillaria
• Maxillaria paranaensis Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria pardalina Garay
• Maxillaria parkeri Hook.
• Maxillaria parvibulbosa C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay : Small-flowered Maxillaria
• Maxillaria parvilabia Rolfe
• Maxillaria pastensis Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria pastorellii D.E.Benn. & Christenson
• Maxillaria patella J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria patens Schltr.
• Maxillaria patula C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria pauciflora Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria paulistana Hoehne
• Maxillaria pendens Pabst : Pendant-growing Maxillaria
• Maxillaria pendula (Poepp. & Endl.) C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria pentura Lindl.
• Maxillaria perryae Dodson : Perry's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria peruviana (C.Schweinf.) D.E.Benn. & Christenson
• Maxillaria pfitzeri Senghas
• Maxillaria phoenicanthera Barb.Rodr. : Purple Anther Maxillaria
• Maxillaria picta Hook : Painted Maxillaria
  • Maxillaria picta var. brevis - now a synonym of Maxillaria rupestris f. brevis (Hoehne & Schltr.) F.Barros
• Maxillaria piestopus Schltr.
• Maxillaria piresiana Hoehne
• Maxillaria pittieri (Ames) L.O.Williams
• Maxillaria planicola C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria platyloba Schltr.
• Maxillaria platypetala Ruiz & Pav.
• Maxillaria plebeja Rchb.f. : Insignificant Maxillaria
• Maxillaria pleiantha Schltr.
• Maxillaria pleuranthoides (Schltr.) Garay
• Maxillaria plicata Schltr.
• Maxillaria poaefolia Schltr.
• Maxillaria podochila Kraenzl.
• Maxillaria poicilothece Schltr.
• Maxillaria polyantha Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria polybulbon Kraenzl.
• Maxillaria ponerantha Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb.f. : Purple Column Maxillaria
• Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. : Extended Maxillaria
• Maxillaria portillae Christenson & McIllm.
• Maxillaria powellii Schltr.
• Maxillaria praestans Rchb.f. : Outstanding Maxillaria
• Maxillaria praetexta Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria proboscidea Rchb.f. : Nose-like Maxillaria
• Maxillaria procurrens Lindl.
• Maxillaria prolifera Ruiz & Pav.
• Maxillaria pseudoneglecta J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria pseudonubigena J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria pseudoreichenheimiana Dodson : False Reichenheim Maxillaria
• Maxillaria pterocarpa Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria pudica Carnevali & J.L.Tapia
• Maxillaria pulchra (Schltr.) L.O.Williams ex Correll : Beautiful Maxillaria
• Maxillaria pulla Linden & Rchb.f. : Dark Maxillaria
• Maxillaria pumila Hook : Dwarf Maxillaria
• Maxillaria purpurata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
• Maxillaria purpureolabia D.E.Benn& Christenson
• Maxillaria pustulosa J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria pyhalae D.E.Benn. & Christenson
• Maxillaria quadrata Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria quelchii Rolfe
• Maxillaria quercicola (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria quitensis (Rchb.f.) C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria ramonensis Schltr.
• Maxillaria ramosa Ruiz & Pav. (type species)
• Maxillaria ramosissima Kraenzl.
• Maxillaria rauhii D.E.Benn. & Christenson (Peru)
• Maxillaria regeliana Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)
• Maxillaria reichenheimiana Endres & Rchb.f : Reichenheim's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria rhodoleuca (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria rhombea Lindl.
• Maxillaria richii Dodson : Rich's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria rigida Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers : Rigid Maxillaria
• Maxillaria riopalenquensis Dodson
• Maxillaria robusta Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria rodriguesii Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) : Rodrigues' Maxillaria
• Maxillaria rodrigueziana J.T.Atwood & Mora-Ret : Rodriguez' Maxillaria
• Maxillaria rolfei P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria rotundilabia C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria ruberrima (Lindl.) Garay
• Maxillaria rubioi Dodson : Rubio's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria rufescens Lindl. : Light Fox-red Maxillaria
• Maxillaria rupestris Barb.Rodr. : Rock-loving Maxillaria
  • Maxillaria rupestris Barb.Rodr. f. brevis (Hoehne & Schltr.) F.Barros (formerly Maxillaria picta var. brevis)
• Maxillaria sanaensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson
• Maxillaria sanantonioensis Christenson
• Maxillaria sanderiana Rchb.f. ex Sander : Sander's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria sanguinea Rolfe (may have become naturalized in the USA, but this remains doubtful) : Blood-red Maxillaria
• Maxillaria sanguineomaculata Schltr.
• Maxillaria santanae Carnevali & I.Ramírez
• Maxillaria saragurensis Dodson
• Maxillaria saxatilis Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria saxicola Schltr.
• Maxillaria scalariformis J.T.Atwood : Ladder-like Maxillaria
• Maxillaria scandens D.E.Benn. & Christenson
• Maxillaria schistostele Schltr.
• Maxillaria schlechteri Foldats
• Maxillaria schlechteriana (C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria schnitteri Schltr.
• Maxillaria schultzei Schltr.
• Maxillaria schunkeana Campacci & Kautsky : Schunke's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria scorpioidea Kraenzl. : Scorpion Flower Maxillaria
• Maxillaria sculliana J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria seidelii Pabst : Seidel's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria semiscabra (Lindl.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria serrulata Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria setigera Lindl. : Bristle-carrying Maxillaria
• Maxillaria shepheardii Rolfe : Shepheard's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria sigmoidea (C.Schweinf.) Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria simacoana Schltr.
• Maxillaria simplex J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria simplicilabia C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria soconuscana Breedlove & D.Mally
• Maxillaria sodiroi (Schltr.) Senghas
• Maxillaria sophronitis (Rchb.f.) Garay : Sophronitis-like Maxillaria
• Maxillaria sotoana Carnevali & Gómez-Juárez
• Maxillaria spannagelii Hoehne
• Maxillaria spathulata C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria speciosa Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria spegazziniana Kraenzl.
• Maxillaria spilotantha Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria spiritu-sanctensis Pabst : Espiritu Santa Maxillaria
• Maxillaria splendens Poepp. & Endl : Grand Maxillaria, Buchtien's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria squarrosa (Schltr.) Dodson
• Maxillaria stenophylla Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria sterrocaulos (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria steyermarkii Foldats
• Maxillaria stictantha Schltr.
• Maxillaria striata Rolfe : Striped Maxillaria
• Maxillaria stricta Schltr.
• Maxillaria strictifolia P.Ortiz. (nom. nov.) (formerly Maxillaria angustifolia Schltr.)
• Maxillaria strictissima (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria strumata (Endres & Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria suareziorum Dodson
• Maxillaria suaveolens Barringer
• Maxillaria subpandurata Schltr.
• Maxillaria subulata Lindl.
• Maxillaria subulifolia Schltr.
• Maxillaria sulfurea Schltr.
• Maxillaria superflua Rchb.f. : Different-colored Maxillaria
• Maxillaria swartziana C.D.Adams
• Maxillaria synsepala J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria taracuana Schltr.
• Maxillaria tenuibulba Christenson
• Maxillaria tenuifolia Lindl. : Delicate-leafed Maxillaria, Coconut Pie Orchid
• Maxillaria tenuis C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria thurstoniorum Dodson
• Maxillaria tiaraensis Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali
• Maxillaria tocotana Schltr.
• Maxillaria tonduzii (Schltr.) Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria tonsbergii Christenson
• Maxillaria tonsoniae Soto Arenas
• Maxillaria torifera (Schltr.) P.Ortiz
• Maxillaria tricarinata J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria tricolor Ruiz & Pav.
• Maxillaria trigona C.Schweinf.
  • Maxillaria trigona subsp. amaroensis D.E.Benn& Christenson
  • Maxillaria trigona subsp. trigona
• Maxillaria trilobata Ames & Correll
• Maxillaria trilobulata D.E.Benn. & Christenson
• Maxillaria triloris E.Morren : Three-straped Maxillaria
• Maxillaria triphylla Ruiz & Pav.
• Maxillaria tristis Schltr.
• Maxillaria truncatilabia Schltr.
• Maxillaria tubercularis J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria tuerosii D.E.Benn& Christenson
• Maxillaria turkeliae Christenson : Tuerkel's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria tutae J.T.Atwood
• Maxillaria ubatubana Hoehne
• Maxillaria umbratilis L.O.Williams
• Maxillaria uncata Lindl. : Hook-shaped Maxillaria
• Maxillaria undatiflora Ruiz & Pav.
• Maxillaria unguiculata Schltr.
• Maxillaria unguilabia Schltr.
• Maxillaria unicarinata C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria urbaniana F.Lehm & Kraenzl.
• Maxillaria vaginalis Rchb.f.
• Maxillaria valenzuelana (A.Rich.) Nash : Valenzuela's Maxillaria
  • Maxillaria valenzuelana subsp. angustata J.T.Atwood
  • Maxillaria valenzuelana subsp. valenzuelana
• Maxillaria valerioi Ames & C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria valleculata D.E.Benn & Christenson
• Maxillaria variabilis Bateman ex Lindl. : Variable Maxillaria
• Maxillaria venusta Linden & Rchb.f. : Charming Maxillaria
• Maxillaria verecunda Schltr.
• Maxillaria vernicosa Barb.Rodr. : Varnished Maxillaria\
• Maxillaria villonacensis Dodson
• Maxillaria villosa (Barb.Rodr.) Cognin C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) : Shaggy Maxillaria
• Maxillaria vinosa Senghas
• Maxillaria violaceopunctata Rchb.f. : Violet-spotted Maxillaria
• Maxillaria virguncula Rchb.f
• Maxillaria vitelliniflora Barb.Rodr. : Yolk-yellow Flower Maxillaria
• Maxillaria vittariifolia L.O.Williams
• Maxillaria vulcanica F.Lehm & Kraenzl. : Volcano Maxillaria
• Maxillaria wercklei (Schltr.) L.O.Williams : Werckle's Maxillaria
• Maxillaria whittenii Dodson
• Maxillaria williamsii Dodson
• Maxillaria winaywaynaensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson
• Maxillaria witsenioides Schltr.
• Maxillaria wojii Christenson
• Maxillaria woytkowskii C.Schweinf.
• Maxillaria xantholeuca Schltr.
• Maxillaria xanthorhoda Schltr.
• Maxillaria xylobiiflora Schltr.
• Maxillaria yanganensis Dodson
• Maxillaria yauaperyensis Barb.Rodr.
• Maxillaria × yucatanensis Carnevali & R.Jiménez