Huachuca Mountain Adder'S-Mouth Orchid (Malaxis brachystachys)
Description
Plants 6-40 cm. Pseudobulbs 5-15 mm diam. Leaves 1(-2, rarely), near middle of stem; blade green, glossy, oval or broadly elliptic, cordate, 3-9 - (1.2-)3-6.4 cm, apex acute. Inflorescences corymbose racemes, 1.5-3 cm; floral bracts triangular, 0.8-1.2(-2.5) mm, apex acute; pedicels crowded. Flowers 10-33, resupinate, green; sepals recurved at apex, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, (2.8-) 3.6-4.2 - 1.4-1(-2) mm, apex subobtuse to acute; petals strongly reflexed, crossing behind flower, linear to filiform, (2-)3.5-4 - 0.2-0.6 mm, apex obtuse; lip triangular, 3-4 - 1.5-2.3 mm, base upcurved, cordate or hastate-auriculate, apex entire, narrowly obtuse to somewhat abruptly acuminate; column 0.4-0.6(-1) - 0.4-0.6(-1) mm; pollinia yellow. Capsules horizontal to erect, ellipsoid, 12 - 4 mm.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Malaxis
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