Malaxis adolphii
Malaxis excavata
(Lindl.) Kuntze Species
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- Botanical name
- Malaxis excavata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Malaxis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Malaxis excavata
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 excavata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cheiropterocephalus sertuliferus
Epidendrum umbellatum
Malaxis caracasana
Malaxis carpinterae
Malaxis hastilabia
Malaxis hastilabia subsp. caracasana
Malaxis hastilabia var. major
Malaxis ottonis
Malaxis sertulifera
Malaxis uncinata
Microstylis caracasana
Microstylis carpinterae
Microstylis excavata
Microstylis hastilabia
Microstylis hastilabia var. major
Microstylis muelleri
Microstylis ottonis
Microstylis paranaensis
Microstylis quadrangularis
Microstylis sertulifera
Microstylis spiralipetala
Pycnantha orchioides
Others in Malaxis
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