Maxillaria

Ruiz & Pav.

Also called

tiger orchid, flame orchid

Placement

Epidendroideae · Cymbidieae · Maxillariinae

Type species

Maxillaria platypetala

Formerly

Adamanthus, Anthosiphon, Aucellia, Bolbidium, Brasiliorchis, Calawaya, Camaridium, Chaseopsis, Chelyella, Christensonella, Chrysocycnis, Cryptocentrum, Cyrtidiorchis, Cyrtidium, Cyrtoglottis, Dicrypta, Heterotaxis, Hoehnella, Hylaeorchis, Inti, Laricorchis, Mapinguari, Marsupiaria, Maxillariella, Menadena, Mormolyca, Neo-urbania, Nitidobulbon, Ornithidium, Pittierella, Pityphyllum, Pseudocymbidium, Pseudomaxillaria, Psittacoglossum, Rhetinantha, Sauvetrea, Sepalosaccus, Siagonanthus, Trigonidium, Vazquezella, Viracocha, Xanthoxerampellia