Malaxis brachystachys

Malaxis brachystachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Malaxideae
Genus: Malaxis
Species: M. brachystachys
Binomial name
Malaxis brachystachys
(Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
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Malaxis brachystachys is a North species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States (Arizona). It has usually has only one leaf, though occasionally two. Flowers are small and green, in a flat-topped array.[3][4][5][6]

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