Malaxis finetii (Gagnep.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951 SECTION Glossochilus
Photo by © Jin Xiaohua
Plant Photos by © Jin Wen Chi and Orchid Society of China Website
Drawing Drawing © by Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name Finet's Malaxis - In China Er Ji Zhao Lan
Flower Size .15" [3 to 4mm]
Found in Hainan province of China and Vietnam in forests at elevations around 800 meters as a small sized, warm growing terrestrial with a cylindric, fleshy stem enveloped by sheaths and carrying usually 4, grouped together, ovate, ovate-oblong to ovate lanceolate, acuminate to subacute, amplexicaul towards the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, wingless, grooved when dried, 6 to 9.2" [15 to 23 cm] long, 20+ flowered inflorescence with reflexed, narrowly lanceolate floral bracts.
Synonyms Crepidium finetii (Gagnep.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood 2009; Glossochilopsis finetii (Gagnep.) Szlach. 1995; Microstylis finetii Gagnep. 1932;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Crepidium finetii; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as Crepidium finetii drawing hmm; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 as Crepidium finetii photo fide;
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