Malaxis aurea

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Botanical name: Malaxis aurea
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Malaxis
Reference: World Flora Online

How to grow Malaxis aurea

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Malaxis aurea but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Microstylis guatemalensis

Others in Malaxis

Malaxis brevis

Malaxis intermedia

Malaxis licatae

Malaxis monophyllos

White Malaxis

Malaxis monophyllos var. monophyllos

Malaxis muscifera

Adder-Mouth Orchid

Malaxis myurus

Malaxis reichenbachiana

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