Malaxis monophyllos
Green Malaxis
Malaxis unifolia
Michx. Species
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- Botanical name
- Malaxis unifolia
- Also known as
- Green Adder's-Mouth, Green Adder's-Mouth Orchid, Green Malaxis
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Malaxis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Green Malaxis
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Malaxis unifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Achroanthes laxiflora
Achroanthes obtusifolia
Achroanthes ophioglossoides
Achroanthes unifolia
Malaxis amplexicolumna
Malaxis grisebachiana
Malaxis ophioglossoides
Malaxis thlaspiformis
Malaxis unifolia f. bifolia
Malaxis unifolia f. unifolia
Malaxis unifolia f. variegata
Microstylis grisebachiana
Microstylis oophioglossoides
Microstylis ophioglossoides
Microstylis ophioglossoides var. mexicana
Microstylis unifolia
Microstylis unifolia var. bifolia
Orchis ophioglossoides
Prescottia ophioglossoides
Others in Malaxis
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