Malaxis sampoi T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011
TYPE Photo/TYPE Drawing by © T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011 and Taiwania 56: 319 T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011
Common Name Sampo's Malaxis [Chinese Original collector Mr. Shyh-Shiarn Lin on The species name “sampo” refers to his nickname]
Flower Size .16" [4b mm]
Found in Pingtung county of Taiwan grasses that receive direct sunlight at elevations of 300 to 400 meters as a mini-miniature to small sized, hot growing terrrestrial with 4 to 5, plicate, obliquely elliptic, acute, basally constricted into a broad petiolate base leaves leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, slightly compressed, peduncle 2.8 to 4" [7 to 10 cm] long, rachis .8 to 1.2" [2 to 32 mm] long, many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, longer tha the pedicellate ovary floral brcts and carrying yeelow brownish flowers
"The plant can grow to 8 to 10" [20 to 25 cm] tall in the nearby forest. When the plant grows to a larger size, it can bear a very dense inflorescence like Malaxis ophrydis , but they can be differentiated by the greenish inflorescence and flowers." T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Taiwania 56: 320 T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2011 drawing/photo fide
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