Malaxis cf nemoralis (Ridl.) Holttum 1947 Photo by © Andy Phillips

Common Name The Forest Dwelling Malaxis

Flower Size 1/4" [8mm]

Found in Malaysia in swamp forests as a small sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with erect, short stems carrying 4 to 8, purple suffused, elliptical, acute, gradually narrowing below into the petiole and basally clasping the stem leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, 3" to 5" [7.5 to 12.5cm] long, densely few to several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Crepidium nemorale (Ridl.) Szlach. 1995; *Microstylis nemoralis Ridl. 1910

References W3 Tropicos,Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Woods 1992