Malaxis excavata Kuntze 1891
Photo courtesy of Americo Docha Neto
Common Name or Meaning The Hollowed Malaxis
Flower Size 5/8" [1.5 cm ]
Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Fr Guiana, Guyanan, Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina at elevations around 1000 to 3400 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrail orchid with ovate-conical pseudobulbs that are concealed by a few leafless sheathing bracts below and above carry 2, subopposite, ovate, amplexicaule, acuminate leaves that blooms in the fall in situ on a terminal, slender, 4 winged, to 4" [10 cm] long, peduculate umbellate inflorescence with a short rachis that elongates with subsequent flushes of numerous, non-resupinate flowers .
Synonyms Cheiropterocephalus sertuliferus Barb.Rodr. 1877 ; Epidendrum umbellatum Vell. 1827; Malaxis caracasana (Klotzsch ex Ridl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis carpinterae (Schltr.) Ames 1922; Malaxis hastilabia (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis hastilabia (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis maguirei C.Schweinf. 1948; Malaxis ottonis (Schltr.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez 1998; Malaxis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst 1967; Malaxis uncinata Ames & C.Schweinf. 1930 ; Microstylis caracasana Klotzsch ex Ridl. 1888; Microstylis carpinterae Schltr. 1918; *Microstylis excavata Lindl. 1838; Microstylis hastilabia Rchb. f. 1866; Microstylis muelleri Schltr. 1921; Microstylis ottonis Schltr. 1922; Microstylis paranaensis Schltr. 1920; Microstylis quadrangularis Cogn. 1906; Microstylis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. 1925; Microstylis spiralipetala Cogn. 1906 publ. 1907
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959 as M caracasana; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1961; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 521 Dodson 1989; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 1035 Dodson 1984; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 1543 Atwood 1993 as Malaxis cf hastilabia; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 494 Bennett & Christenson 1998; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 COS 2002 as M caracasana; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 COS 2002 as M uncinata;
