Malaxis wendtii

Salazar

Orquidea (Mexico City) 13: 281, fig. 1. 1993.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 631. Mentioned on page 627, 632.

Plants 16–45 cm. Pseudobulbs 5–10 mm diam. Leaves 1, within proximal 1/3 of stem; blade orbiculate-ovate or ovatelanceolate, (3–) 4.1–8.5 (–10) × 0.2–0.45 (–0.65) cm, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescences racemes, 6–25 cm; rachis slightly angled; floral bracts triangular to lanceolate, 1–2 × 0.5 mm, apex acute; pedicels not crowded, 2.5–5 mm. Flowers 16–133, resupinate, deep maroon or greenish maroon; sepals papillose, not glabrous; dorsal sepal lanceolate, 1.8–2.4 × 0.8–1.2 mm, margins revolute, apex acute; lateral sepals lanceolate-elliptic, falcate, 1.8–2.4 × 0.8–1.2 mm, apex acute; petals strongly recurved, linear to filiform, slightly falcate, 1.8–2.2 × 0.2–0.4 mm, apex obtuse; lip linear to linearlanceolate, 1.8–2.3 × 1.3–1.8 mm, base with auricles broad and diverging, apex narrowly acuminate; column 0.5–0.8 × 0.5–0.8 mm; pollinia yellow. Capsules ascending, ellipsoid, 5 × 3 mm.


Phenology: Flowering summer (Jul–Sep).
Habitat: Open coniferous and mixed forests on dry slopes
Elevation: 2000 m

Discussion

The confusion among Malaxis porphyrea, M. ehrenbergii, and M. wendtii is discussed under 10. M. porphyrea.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Malaxis wendtii"
self-pollination +
acuminate +, obtuse +  and acute +
Paul M. Catling +  and Lawrence K. Magrath +
Salazar +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (?) +
truncate +  and auriculate +
broad +, 1.3mm +  and 1.8mm +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
8.5 cm85 mm <br />0.085 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
4.1 cm41 mm <br />0.041 m <br /> (8.5 cm85 mm <br />0.085 m <br />) +
ovatelanceolate +  and orbiculate-ovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
ellipsoid +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
0.5mm +  and 0.8mm +
0.5mm +  and 0.8mm +
Tex. +  and Mexico +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br />) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
2000 m +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
sessile or +  and minutely strongly pedicellate +
greenish maroon +, maroon +  and deep +
Open coniferous and mixed forests on dry slopes +
lateral +  and terminal +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br />) +
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 +
lanceolate cordate unlobed +  and 3-lobed concave or saccate +
larger +
differing in form and color +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1.8mm;2.2mm +
falcate;linear;filiform +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
Flowering summer (Jul–Sep). +
2 +, 1 +  and 4 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Orquidea (Mexico City) +
subumbellate +  and spicate +
aerial +  and subterranean +
0.3mm +  and 1mm +
minute +
distinct +
not glabrous +
papillose +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
branched +, or +  and simple +
pendent +  and erect +
proliferous +
globose +  and swollen +
thickened +  and stout +
concave +  and convex +
Malaxis wendtii +
species +
orange +  and yellow +
annual +  and perennial +
aquatic +, lithophytic +, terrestrial +  and epiphytic +
saprophytic +, photosynthetic +  and mycotrophic +
22 +, 21 +, 20 +, 18 +, 15 +  and 14 +