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Maxillaria tenuifolia Lindl. - Orchidaceae
delicate-leafed maxillaria, coconut pie orchid, Kokosnuss-Maxillaria
Orchid, native to Central America.
„Of all the members of its genus, which are not as sought after in cultivation, Maxillaria tenuifolia is the most popular. It has rather small flowers, typically no more than one and a half inches, and they come only one to a spike. Its popularity is due to the flower's scent, which is just like that of coconuts. The flowers are colored in red with yellow or brown speckles.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxillaria_tenuifolia
Major constituents of M.tenuifolia flower volatiles are the sesquiterpenes α-copaene (35%) and β-caryophyllene (26%). Monoterpenes like α-pinene (5%), β-pinene (2%), myrcene (7%), limonene (3%), 1,8-cineole (4%) are also present, but the scent impression is dominated by Δ-decalactone (0.4%).
[Analysis of headspace-solid microextracts from flowers of Maxillaria tenuifolia Lindl. by GC-MS. Perraudin, F., Popovici, J., Bertrand, C., Electronic Journal of Natural Substances, Vol.1, 2006, 1-5]