Malaxis acuminata D. Don 1825 SECTION Crepidium

Flower Close up Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Common Name The Gradually Tapering Malaxis

Flower Size 2/5" [1 cm]

Found in Assam India, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Lower India, Nepal, western Himalayas, Bhutan, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, China Vietnam, Java, Sumatra, The Philippines, and Northern Territories Australia in lowland evergreen broadleaf forests at elevations of sealevel to 2300 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial or lithophytic orchid on highly eroded, stratified limestone cliffs and bluffs with horizontal rhizomes gibving rise to rather thin, short stems, each bearing 3 to 5 , broadly lanceolate, acuminate and acute, leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, 4 to 12" [10 to 30 cm] long, several to many [30] flowered inflorescence with lanceolate acute floral bracts.

Synonyms Achroanthes acuminata Raf. 1836; Crepidium acuminatum (D.Don) Szlach. 1995; Crepidium bilobum (Lindl.) Szlach. 1995; Dienia carinata Rchb.f. 1855; Malaxis acuminata f. biloba (Lindl.) Tuyama in H.Hara 1966; Malaxis acuminata var. biloba (Lindl.) Ames 1926; Malaxis allanii S.Y.Hu & Barretto 1976; Malaxis biloba (Lindl.) Ames 1908; Malaxis carinata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis pierrei (Finet) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; Malaxis wallichii (Lindl.) Deb 1962; Microstylis acuminata Ridl. 1916; Microstylis biloba Lindl. 1830; Microstylis carinata (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1861; Microstylis pierrei Finet 1907; Microstylis trigonocardia Schltr. 1919; Microstylis wallichii Lindl. 1828

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855 as Dienia carinata; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Microstylis wallichii; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as Microstylis wallichii; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 3 1979 drawing as M wallichii; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 3 1985; The Orchids of Java Comber 1990; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; The Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide

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