SITF has determined this plant to be Maxillaria friedrichsthalii, not M. encycliodes (Mar 2025). Maxillaria encyclioides, M. scorpioidea and M. friedrichsthalii are impossible to tell apart when out of flower because of the variability in plant size. According to Eric Christenson, M. encyclioides is a bright yellow flower with an obtuse lip. M. scorpioidea is paler flower with similar lip, but characterized by maroon spots on the lip. M. friedrichsthalii has a plain green flower with lateral sepals held rigidly horizontal, a distinctively pointed lip and a broad platelike crest that does not extend to the middle of the lip. The crests of the other species are narrower and extend to the middle of the lip. All of these features are visible in this flower.