Malaxis latifolia Sm. 1812 SECTION Gastroglottis Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Plant Photo courtesy of Donald Tan

To LATE To EARLY

Common Name or Meaning The Broad-Leaf Malaxis - In Australia - The Common Snout Orchid - In China Kuan Ye Yang Er Suan

Flower Size 1/4" [.6 cm]

Found in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Malaysia, Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland Australia, New Caledonia and Taiwan in open places in montane, mixed and coniferous forests at 600 to 1500 meters in elevation as a deciduous, medium sized, cool to hot growing terrestrial with 4" to 6" tall, tapered pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 5 spade-shaped, plicate, brilliant green leaves and blooms on a single 12" spike that produces a dense raceme made up of hundreds of 1/4" purplish red long-lasting flowers, plants are deciduous in winter, and is a late spring and summer bloomer.

This species correct name is most likely Malaxis ophrydis as its basionym is Epidendrum ophrydis and it was published in 1791 beating out Malaxis latifolia by 28 years, but M latifolia is the name that all commercial vendors use.

Synonyms Anaphora liparioides Gagnep. 1932; Crepidium ophrydis (J.König) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996; Dienia congesta Lindl. 1825; Dienia curranii (Ames) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996; Dienia fusca Lindl. 1830; Dienia latifolia (Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996; Dienia montana (Blume) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996; Dienia ophrydis (J.König) Seidenf. 1997; Epidendrum ophrydis J.König 1791; Gastroglottis latifolia (Sm.) Szlach. 1995; Glossochilopsis carnosula (Rolfe ex Downie) Szlach. & Marg. 2001; Glossochilopsis finetii (Gagnep.) Szlach. 1995; Gyrostachys plantaginea (Spreng.) Kuntze 1891; Liparis bernaysii (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey 1883; Liparis krempfii Gagnep. 1929; Liparis turfosa Gagnep. 1929; Malaxis carnosula (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenf. & Smitinand 1959; Malaxis congesta (Lindl.) Deb 1962; Malaxis curranii Ames 1911; Malaxis finetii (Gagnep.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; Malaxis kizanensis (Masam.) S.Y.Hu 1974; Malaxis latifolia var. nana S.S.Ying 1985; Malaxis ophrydis (J.König) Ormerod 1995; Malaxis parvissima S.Y.Hu & Barretto 1976; Malaxis plicata Roxb. 1832; Malaxis shuicae S.S.Ying 1987; Malaxis vietnamensis T.B.Nguyen & D.H.Duong 1984; Microstylis bernaysii F.Muell. 1878; Microstylis carnosula Rolfe ex Downie 1925; Microstylis congesta Rchb. f. 1861; Microstylis dalatensis Guillaumin 1955 ; Microstylis finetii Gagnep 1932; Microstylis fusca (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Microstylis ishigakensis Ohwi 1937; Microstylis kizanensis Masam. 1933; Microstylis latifolia J.J. Sm. 1905; Microstylis trilobulata Kurz 1870; Neottia plantaginea D.Don 1825 ; Spiranthes plantaginea Spreng. 1826

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855 as Dienia congesta; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1878 as Spiranthes plantaginea; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as Microstylis congesta; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Microstylis congesta; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Microstylis congesta drawing fide; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as Microstylis latifolia; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Sm. 1908 as Microstylis latifolia drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as Malaxis carnosula; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 4 1966; Orchids of Southern Ryukyu Islands Garay & Sweet 1974 drawing ok; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 photo ok; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 42 Liparinae 1984 drawing ok; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 12 1984 photo; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing/photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 1 1995 drawing; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Orchid Flora Of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001 drawing ok; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as Malaxis ophrydis; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002 as Malaxis ophrydis; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003 as M ophyridis; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol IV Shuiteman and de Vogel 2006; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Dienia montana; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Dienia ophrydis photo ok; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Dienia ophrydis; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as Dienia ophrydis drawing fide; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 as Dienia ophrydis photos fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as Dienia ophrydis photos fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as Dienia ophrydis

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