Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda

(A. Gray) F. Morris & E. A. Eames

Our Wild Orchids, 358. 1929.

Common names: North American white adder’s-mouth malaxis à pédicelles courts
Endemic
Basionym: Microstylis brachypoda A. Gray Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 228. 1835
Synonyms: Malaxis brachypoda (A. Gray) Fernald
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 629. Mentioned on page 627.

Plants 3–30 cm. Pseudobulbs 4–8 mm diam. Leaves 1 (–2, rarely), petiolate base sheathing stem; blade light green, ovate-elliptic, keeled abaxially, 1.5–9.5 × 1–5 cm, apex acute. Inflorescences: floral bracts lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm; pedicels 2–4.5 mm. Flowers resupinate, green or greenish white; dorsal sepal ovatelanceolate, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.4 mm, margins revolute, apex acuminate; lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, slightly falcate, 1.5–2.5 × 0.5–1.2 mm, apex acuminate; petals strongly reflexed, filiform to narrowly linearlanceolate, 1.4–2.5 × 0.3–0.4 (–0.5) mm, apex rounded; lip broadly triangular, concave, 3-lobed, middle lobe ovate, apex acuminate, lateral lobes auriculate, thickened, curved upward; disc with 2 low, thickened, elongate calli, 1.3–2.2 × 1.2–1.8 (–2) mm; column 0.4–0.6 × 0.4–0.6 mm. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Swamps, bogs
Elevation: 0–400 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Ill., Ind., Maine, Mass., Minn., N.H., N.Y., Pa., Vt., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"usually much narrower" is not a number.

self-pollination +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
1.4mm;2.5mm +
acuminate +, rounded +  and acute +
0.3mm +  and 0.4mm +
Paul M. Catling +  and Lawrence K. Magrath +
(A. Gray) F. Morris & E. A. Eames +
truncate +  and auriculate +
Microstylis brachypoda +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
light green +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (9.5 cm95 mm <br />0.095 m <br />) +
keeled +  and ovate-elliptic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
elongate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
ellipsoid +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
0.4mm +  and 0.6mm +
0.4mm +  and 0.6mm +
North American white adder’s-mouth +  and malaxis à pédicelles courts +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
1.2mm +  and 1.8mm +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, Vt. +  and Wis. +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
0–400 m +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
sessile or +  and minutely strongly pedicellate +
greenish white +  and green +
Swamps, bogs +
lateral +  and terminal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
falcate +  and oblong-lanceolate +
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 +
reduced +
proximal +  and middle +
3-lobed +, concave +  and triangular +
larger +
forward-directed +
differing in form and color +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
filiform +
Flowering summer. +
2 +, 1 +  and 4 +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Our Wild Orchids, +
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 brachypoda +
Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda +
Malaxis monophyllos +
variety +
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 +