Malaxis monophyllos

(Linnaeus) Swartz

Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 234. 1800.

Basionym: Ophrys monophyllos Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 947. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 629.

Plants 3–25 (–30) cm. Pseudobulbs 5–10 mm diam. Leaves within proximal 1/3 of stem; blade narrowly to broadly elliptic. Inflorescences spicate racemes, 1–12 cm. Flowers 5–80, resupinate or not; sepals lanceolate to ovatelanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, margins revolute or not, apex acuminate; petals reflexed, filiform to linear or linearlanceolate, apex rounded; lip ovate to broadly triangular, concave, base truncate, with forward-directed lobes, apex unlobed, acuminate; column 0.4–0.8 × 0.4–0.8 mm; pollinia yellow. Capsules ascending, ellipsoid, 5 × 3 mm.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Flowers not resupinate. Malaxis monophyllos var. monophyllos
1 Flowers resupinate. Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda

"usually much narrower" is not a number.

... more about "Malaxis monophyllos"
self-pollination +
acuminate +, unlobed +  and rounded +
Paul M. Catling +  and Lawrence K. Magrath +
(Linnaeus) Swartz +
truncate +  and auriculate +
Ophrys monophyllos +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
lanceolate +, ovate +  and elliptic +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
ellipsoid +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
0.4mm +  and 0.8mm +
0.4mm +  and 0.8mm +
n North America +  and Eurasia +
sessile or +  and minutely strongly pedicellate +
not +  and resupinate +
lateral +  and terminal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
lanceolate +, elliptic +  and ovate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
petiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
duplicate +, convolute +, whorled +, opposite +, distichous +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
reduced +
proximal +  and middle +
concave +, ovate +  and broadly triangular +
larger +
forward-directed +
not +  and revolute +
differing in form and color +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
linearlanceolate;filiform;linear +
2 +, 1 +  and 4 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. +
aerial +  and subterranean +
0.3mm +  and 1mm +
minute +
distinct +
lanceolate +  and ovatelanceolate +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
branched +, or +  and simple +
pendent +  and erect +
proliferous +
globose +  and swollen +
thickened +  and stout +
concave +  and convex +
Malaxis monophyllos +
species +
orange +  and yellow +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
annual +  and perennial +
aquatic +, lithophytic +, terrestrial +  and epiphytic +
saprophytic +, photosynthetic +  and mycotrophic +
22 +, 21 +, 20 +, 18 +, 15 +  and 14 +