Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda
Our Wild Orchids, 358. 1929.
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
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
"usually much narrower" is not a number.