Malaxis metallica (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 SECTION Crepidium

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Common Name or Meaning The Metallic Malaxis

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Found in Borneo in hill and moss forests on rocks and boulders in river beds at elevations of 400 to 1200 meters as a hot to warm growing terrestrial

Synonyms Crepidium metallicum (Rchb.f.) Szlach. 1995; *Microstylis metallica Rchb.f. 1879

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994;