| Malaxis discolor | |
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| 1863 lithograph [1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Malaxis |
| Species: | M. discolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Malaxis discolor | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Malaxis discolor is a species of orchid that is endemic to Sri Lanka.
It generally has purple leaves and yellow flowers. [3]
Holodiscus discolor, commonly known as ocean spray or oceanspray, creambush, or ironwood, is a shrub of western North America.
Faurea is a genus containing 15 species of flowering plants in the protea family which occur in the summer rainfall area of southern Africa, extending to tropical Africa and Madagascar. The name honours South African soldier and botanist William Caldwell Faure (1822-1844) who was killed on active service in India.
Leucadendron discolor is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss. In English the plant is known as the Piketberg Conebush and in Afrikaans as the Rooitolbos.
Malaxis, commonly called adder's mouth, is a genus of terrestrial and semiepiphytic orchids. The generic name signifies "smooth" and alludes to the tender texture of the leaves. There are approximately 182 species, found mostly in tropics but with some species in temperate regions.
Hammarbya paludosa is a small orchid commonly known as bog orchid, bog adder's-mouth or bog adder's-mouth orchid. It grows in bogs in temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Lomaria discolor, synonym Blechnum discolor, commonly called crown fern, is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. As noted by C. Michael Hogan, this species is found in a number of forest communities in diverse locations within New Zealand, and is sometimes a dominant understory component.
Malaxis monophyllos, the white adder's mouth, is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and much of southern Canada. In the United States, it grows mostly in southern Alaska, New England and the Great Lakes region, with isolated populations reported from Colorado and California.
Malaxis unifolia, or the green adder's-mouth orchid, is a species of orchid occurring from eastern and central Canada, the central and eastern United States, Mexico, Central America and the Greater Antilles.
Malaxis bayardii, or Bayard's adder's-mouth orchid, is a species of orchid native to northeastern North America. It is found from Massachusetts to North Carolina, with isolated populations in Ohio and Nova Scotia. There are historical reports of the plant formerly growing in Vermont and New Jersey, but it seems to have been extirpated in those two states It grows in dry, open woods and pine barrens at elevations of less than 600 m.
Malaxis cogniauxiana is a species of orchid native to Brazil.
Malaxis densiflora is a species of orchid native to southern India. It generally has two leaves and purple flowers.
Malaxis excavata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mesoamerica and South America from Mexico to Argentina. It has green flowers in a flat-topped array.
Malaxis seychellarum is a species of orchid native to the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. It has small green flowers growing in an elongated array.
Malaxis brachystachys is a North American species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States (Arizona). It usually has only one leaf, though occasionally two. Flowers are small and green, in a flat-topped array.
Malaxis porphyrea, the Cochise adder's-mouth orchid, is a species of orchid native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is an herb up to 45 cm (18 in) tall with only one leaf below tiny purple flowers in an elongated cluster.
Malaxis macrostachya is a species of orchid widespread across much Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States. It has only one leaf per plant, along with a tall flower stalk with as many as 160 tiny, green flowers.
Malaxis wendtii, the Wendt's adder's-mouth orchid, is a North American species of orchids native to northern Mexico and the US State of Texas.
Malaxis ehrenbergii, the Ehrenberg's adder's-mouth orchid, is a Mesoamerican species of orchid native to northwestern Mexico. It has been found in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Malaxis myurus is a Mexican species of orchids. It generally has two lance-shaped leaves and an elongated raceme of tiny flowers.
Malaxis boninensis is a species of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae, native to the Bonin Islands and the Volcano Islands, both belonging to Japan. It grows on the ground from pseudobulbs. It was first described by Gen-ichi Koidzumi in 1918, as Microstylis boninensis, and transferred to Malaxis by Kunio Nakajima in 1975.