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Malaxis   Listen
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Malaxis  n.  A large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; it is cosmopolitan.
Synonyms: genus Malaxis.





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... into contact with the stigma; and that they may be seen advancing horizontally through the air towards the stigma. I have observed the emission of the tubes from the pollen-masses whilst still within the anthers, in three widely distinct Orchidean genera namely Aceras, Malaxis, and Neottia: see 'The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised' 2nd edition page 258.) It is, however, a wonderful sight to behold the tubes directing themselves in a straight line to the stigma, when ...
— The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Malaxis" :   Malaxis ophioglossoides, family Orchidaceae, monocot genus, orchid family, liliopsid genus, Malaxis-unifolia, green adder's mouth, Orchidaceae


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