Maxillaria densa

Maxillaria densa, the crowded maxillaria, is a species of orchid ranging from Mexico south to Nicaragua.^[2]

Maxillaria densa
1836 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Maxillaria
Species:	M. densa
Binomial name
Maxillaria densa Lindl.
Synonyms
Camaridium densum (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco Maxillaria glomerata Galeotti Ornithidium densum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Gymnopusin is a phenanthrenediol produced by the orchid^[3] as well as 2,5-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethoxyphenanthrene, 9,10-dihydro-2,5-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethoxyphenanthrene, 2,7-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethoxyphenanthrene (nudol), 9,10-dihydro-2,7-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethoxyphenanthrene, 2,5-dihydroxy-3,4,9-trimethoxyphenanthrene and 2,7-dihydroxy-3,4,9-trimethoxyphenanthrene.^[4]