Malaxis monophyllos var. monophyllos Kuntze

Variety

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Malaxis > Malaxis monophyllos

Characteristics

Plants 3–25 cm. Pseudobulbs 4–10 mm diam. Leaves 1–2(–3), subopposite, yellow-green, oblong-elliptic, base sheathing stem, apex acute; blade 2–10 × 0.5–4.1 cm. Inflorescences: floral bracts lanceolate, 1–4 mm; pedicels 2.5–4.5 mm. Flowers not resupinate, green, yellowish green, or yellow; dorsal sepal slightly reflexed, ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–2.8 × 0.9–1.4 mm, margins revolute, apex acuminate; lateral sepals slightly reflexed, lanceolate, 1.5–2.5 × 0.9–1.4 mm, apex acuminate; petals strongly reflexed, filiform to narrowly linear, 1.8–2.2 × 0.3–0.4 mm, apex rounded; lip ovate, concave, 3-lobed, middle lobe ovate, 1.5–2.5 × 1–2 mm, apex acuminate, lateral lobes basal, curved up on either side of middle lobe, narrow, short; column greenish yellow to yellow, 0.5–0.8 × 0.5–0.8 mm. 2n = 30 (Eurasia).
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Malaxis monophyllos var. monophyllos world distribution map, present in Austria, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Taiwan, Province of China, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77171307-1
WFO ID wfo-0000234039
COL ID 7NS64
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Synonyms

Leptorkis japonica Malaxis diphyllos Malaxis taiwaniana Malaxis yunnanensis Microstylis arisanensis Microstylis yunnanensis Liparis inconspicua Liparis japonica Malaxis arisanensis Microstylis japonica Achroanthes cilifolia Dienia gmelinii Malaxis monophyllos var. diphyllos Malaxis monophyllos var. monophyllos Malaxis muscifera var. stelostachya Malaxis yunnanensis var. nematophylla Microstylis muscifera var. stelostachya Microstylis yunnanensis var. nematophylla Microstylis muscifera subsp. stelostachya Microstylis muscifera var. nematophylla