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[[File:Maxillaria_pumila.jpg|thumb|Maxillaria pumila]]

'''Common Name:''' The Dwarf Maxillaria<br />
'''Scented:''' yes<br />
'''Light Requirements:''' partial shade<br />
'''Temperature Requirements:''' hot<br />
'''Blooms:''' spring and summer<br />
'''Flower Size:''' 8mm<br />
'''Synonyms:''' ''Christensonella pumila'' ( Hook. ) Szlach. , Mytnik , Górniak & ?miszek 2006

This is a miniature sized, hot growing, solitary leafed epiphyte occurring in Brazil and the Guianas with ovoid elongated pseudobulbs that are enveloped basally by several, imbricating, brown sheaths carrying a single apical, erect, slightly fleshy, olive green leaf that blooms on a 1.5cm long, erect, sheathed inflorescence arising in the spring and summer.