Malaxis moritzii (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891 Photo by © Alexander Moran

Drawing Drawing by © Dunsterville and Garay and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name Moritz' Malaxis [German Orchid Collector in Venezuela later 1800's]

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador at elevations of 1100 to 2075 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool growing terrestrial with elliptic-ovate pseudopbulbs carrying 2, ventrally shiny, dorsally greyer and rather dull, mid nreve su;cate, dorsally ribbed, broadly elliptic, acute to acuminate leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, peduncle to 6.8" [17 cm] long, angled, rachis short, spirally arranged, subumbellate, many flowered inflorescence with pale, lanceolate, triangular to triangular-ovate, acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying very small green flowers.

Synonyms *Microstylis moritzii Ridl. 1888

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora de Venezuela Volumen XV Primera Parte Foldats 1969 drawing good; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville ^ Garay 1976 drawing fide;

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