Malaxis binabayensis (Ames) Ames 1908

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Common Name or Meaning The Binabay River Malaxis [A river of Mindoro Philippines]

Flower Size

Found on Mindoro island of the Philippines at elevations of 330 meters as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying basal, ovate-lanceolate leaves that blooms in the fall on a 10" [25 cm] long, peduncle to 6" [15 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Crepidium binabayense (Ames) Szlach. 1995; *Microstylis binabayensis Ames 1907

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae 2: 124 Ames 1908 drawing fide; Orchidiana Philipiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984;

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