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Orchid Species: Microstylis sertulifera
Kew currently accepted name is Malaxis excavata
Microstylis sertulifera is an orchid species identified by (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. in 1925. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Malaxis excavata.
Genus
Microstylis (Mst.)
Grex
sertulifera
Parents
Species
Author
(Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
Year
1925
ORIGIN: Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Fr. Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina at elevations around 1000 to 3400 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with ovate-conical pseudobulbs that are concealed by a few leafless sheathing bracts below and above carry 2, subopposite, ovate, amplexicaule, acuminate leaves that blooms in the fall in situ on a terminal, slender, 4 winged, to 4 [10 cm] long, peduculate umbellate inflorescence with a short rachis that elongates with subsequent flushes of numerous, non-resupinate flowers .
FLOWER SIZE: 5/8 inch [1.5 cm ] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with ovate-conical pseudobulbs that are concealed by a few leafless sheathing bracts below and above carry 2, subopposite, ovate, amplexicaule, acuminate leaves that blooms in the fall in situ on a terminal, slender, 4 winged, to 4 [10 cm] long, peduculate umbellate inflorescence with a short rachis that elongates with subsequent flushes of numerous, non-resupinate flowers .
FLOWER SIZE: 5/8 inch [1.5 cm ] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
| Genus Name | Genus | Grex Name | Year | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add+ | Malaxis | Mal | excavata | 1891 | (Lindl.) Kuntze |
| Add+ | Cheiropterocephalus | Cheiropterocephalus | sertuliferus | 1877 | Barb.Rodr. |
| Add+ | Malaxis | Mal | caracasana | 1891 | (Klotzsch ex Ridl.) Kuntze |
| Add+ | Malaxis | Mal | hastilabia | 1891 | (Rchb.f.) Kuntze |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | caracasana | 1888 | Klotzsch ex Ridl. |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | carpinterae | 1918 | Schltr. |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | hastilabia | 1866 | Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | muelleri | 1921 | Schltr. |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | ottonis | 1922 | Schltr. |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | paranaensis | 1920 | Schltr. |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | quadrangularis | 1906 | Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | spiralipetala | 1907 | Cogn. |
| Add+ | Malaxis | Mal | carpinterae | 1922 | (Schltr.) Ames |
| Add+ | Microstylis | Mst | excavata | 1838 | Lindl. |
| Add+ | Cheiropterocephalus | Cheiropterocephalus | sertulifer | 1877 | Barb.Rodr. |
| Add+ | Malaxis | Mal | ottonis | 1998 | (Schltr.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez |
| Add+ | Malaxis | Mal | sertulifera | 1967 | (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst |
| Add+ | Malaxis | Mal | uncinata | 1930 | Ames & C.Schweinf. |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Mal. hastilabia 'Leon'
(1996)
Mal. excavata 'Leon'
(1988)
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