Malaxis spicata Sw.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Malaxis spicata Sw.

  • Description

    Species Description - Glabrous, 1-3 dm. high, 2-leaved near the base, and with 1 or 2 sheaths below the leaves. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, 5-10 cm. long, acute, the lower one the larger, the sheathing petioles 1-5 cm. long; raceme narrow, 8 cm. long or less, many-flowered; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2-4 mm. long, pedicels 5-9 mm. long; middle sepal about 3 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute or bluntish, the lateral ones about as long, obtuse; petals linear, 2 mm. long; lip about 4 mm. long, its terminal lobe linear-oblong; capsule about 8 mm. long.

  • Distribution

    Coppice, Crooked Island: Florida; Cuba to Puerto Rico and Martinique: Jamaica. We are indebted to Mr. Oakes Ames for the determination of the Crooked Island specimen. Slender Malaxis.

    Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Puerto Rico South America| Martinique South America| Jamaica South America|