WorldFloraDB - Malaxis maclaudii

Characteristics

Lip 4–5 × 4.5–6 mm, flabellate, the margins fimbriate, with 2 longitudinal basal calli and 1 or more tooth-like projections in the centre.

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Leaves 2–3; bases sheathing, petiolate up to 2 cm long; blade 5–7 × 2.5–3.5 cm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate.

Sepals 5–6 × 2 mm, ovate; petals 5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, the margins ciliolate.

Terrestrial herb to 15 cm tall, with creeping rhizome.

Inflorescence subumbellate, densely several-flowered.

Flowers flesh to deep rose-coloured.

Flowers mauve or lilac, scented.

Pedicel and ovary 8 mm long.

Column c. 1.5 mm long.

Bracts 4 mm long.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.15
Root system	rhizome
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Malaxis maclaudii world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:642314-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000233990
COL ID	3XM7Q
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Kornasia maclaudii Malaxis maclaudii Microstylis maclaudii Malaxis hirschbergii