Malaxis bayardii

Fernald

Rhodora 38: 402, fig. 1.

,

plate 446, figs. 1, 2. 1936.

Common names: Bayard’s malaxis
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 630. Mentioned on page 627.

Plants 9.3–25.6 cm. Pseudobulbs 5–20 mm diam. Leaves 1(–2, rarely), near middle of stem; blade bright green, glossy, narrowly to broadly ovate, keeled abaxially, 1.7–3.8(–7) × 0.7–3.5(–4.3) cm, apex acute. Inflorescences racemes, 1–12 cm; floral bracts triangular, 0.9–1.6 mm; pedicels (3.8–)5–10(–13) mm. Flowers 10–70, resupinate, green or yellowish green; dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic, 1.4–2 × 0.6–1 mm, apex acuminate; lateral sepals oblong-elliptic, 1.4–2 × 0.6–1 mm, apex acuminate; petals linear, slightly falcate, 1–1.8 × 0.1–0.2 mm; lip rhombic-deltate to cordate-ovate or oblong-elliptic, 1.8–2.5 × 1.9–2.5 mm, base with auricles 0.6 or more times as long as distance from base of lip to apex of middle lobe, apex 3-dentate; column 0.5–0.7 × 0.5–0.7 mm; pollinia yellow. Capsules spreading to slightly drooping, subglobose to ovoid, 6 × 3 mm.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry, open woods, shale barrens and sandy pine barrens
Elevation: 10–600 m

Distribution

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N.S., Conn., Mass., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Vt., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Paul M. Catling +  and Lawrence K. Magrath +
Fernald +
Bayard’s malaxis +
N.S. +, Conn. +, Mass. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Vt. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
10–600 m +
Dry, open woods, shale barrens and sandy pine barrens +
Flowering summer. +
Rhodora +  and plate +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Malaxis bayardii +
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