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Malaxis koordersii (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. 1963 SECTION Crepidium

Plant and Flowers Photos by © James Comber and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name Koorder's Malaxis

Flower Size .32" [8 mm]

Found in Java and Sulawesi in fairly open areas in hill forests at elevations of 400 to 1200 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with close set, basally thickened stems carrying 3 to 5, plicate, undulate margined, oblique leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, to 17.2" to [43 cm] long, many flowered, apically nodding inflorescence

Synonyms Crepidium koordersii (J.J.Sm.) Szlach. 1995; Malaxis koordersii var. celebensis P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. 2006; Microstylis flavescens J.J.Sm. 1903; *Microstylis koordersii J.J.Sm. 1905; Microstylis madagascariensis Klinge 1898

Malaxis koordersii var. celebensis P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. 2006

A color variety found only in Sulawesi in open montane forsts at elevations of 1600 to 2200 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the winter and summer

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905 as Microstylis koodersii; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as Microstylis koordersii drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Microstylis madagascariensis; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 as M koodersii var celebensis photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2015 as Crepidium koodersii photo fide;

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