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Orchid Species: Malaxis ensiformis

Kew currently accepted name is Oberonia ensiformis

Malaxis ensiformis is an orchid species identified by Sm. in A.Rees in 1812. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Oberonia ensiformis.
Genus
Malaxis (Mal.)
Grex
ensiformis
Parents
Species
Author
Sm. in A.Rees
Year
1812
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ORIGIN: Found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, India, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam in primary, evergreen and semi-deciduous forests on high rocky cliffs of karst limestone at elevations around 600 to 1000 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small to medium sized, warm growing lithophyte with a short stem carrying 4 to 5 linear-ensiform, falcate, acute, imbricate, flabellate basally leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, axillary, subtruncate, densely many flowered, thick, fleshy, to 10 [25 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with diatant, lanceolate, acute bracts and convolute, ovate-orbicular, acute, apically erose floral bracts.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.1 inches [3 mm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Oberonia Ob ensiformis 1859 (Sm.) Lindl.
Add+ Oberonia Ob mucronata 1997 (D.Don) Ormerod & Seidenf. in G.Seidenfaden
Add+ Malaxis Mal denticulata 1861 (Wight) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Malaxis Mal iridifolia 1861 Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Oberonia Ob brevifolia 1999 (Hook.f.) Panigrahi in S.K.Murti & G.Panigrahi
Add+ Oberonia Ob denticulata 1851 Wight
Add+ Oberonia Ob smisrae 1999 Panigrahi in S.K.Murti & G.Panigrahi
Add+ Oberonia Ob trilobata 1851 Griff.
Add+ Stelis Ste mucronata 1825 Porsch
Add+ Iridorkis Iridorkis ensiformis 1891 (Sm.) Kuntze
Add+ Iridorkis Iridorkis iridifolia 1891 Kuntze
Add+ Oberonia Ob vesiculifera
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Ste. mucronata 'Jardin Botanique de Monreal' (2001)
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