Malaxis punctata J.J.Wood 1987 SECTION Crepidium Photo courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt.

Common Name or Meaning The Spotted Malaxis [refers to the leaves]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Sabah, Borneo in mixed hill forest and mossy forests and lower montane forests at elevations of 800 to 1800 meters as a miniature sozed, hot to warm growing terrestrial with stems that partially form 1 to 2 noded, weak, flesht, pale green pseudobulbs enveloped completely by leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying leafy, purple spotted, ovate-elliptic, acute, slightly undulate, prominently veined cataphyls and 3, 1 large, 2 smaller, ovate-elliptic, acute to acuminate, thin-textured, plicate, undulate marginally, prominently veined, pale green with purple spots, gradually narrowing below into the petillate base leaves that blooms in the winter through spring on a terminal, erect, angular, pale green flecked with purple, 7" [17.5 cm] long, densely many flowered, racemose inflorescence with non-resupinate, cucumber scented flowers.

Synonyms Crepidium punctatum (J.J.Wood) Szlach. 1995

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Borneo Vol 3 Woods 1997