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Orchid Species: Malaxis curranii

Kew currently accepted name is Dienia ophrydis

Malaxis curranii is an orchid species identified by Ames in 1911. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dienia ophrydis.
Genus
Malaxis (Mal.)
Grex
curranii
Parents
Species
Author
Ames
Year
1911
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ORIGIN: Found in southern Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan provinces of China, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Malaysia, Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland Australia, New Caledonia and Taiwan in open places in montane, mixed and coniferous forests at 600 to 1500 meters in elevation.

DESCRIPTION: Deciduous, medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with 4 to 6 tall, tapered pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 5 spade-shaped, plicate, brilliant green leaves and blooms in the late spring and summer on a single 12 spike that produces a dense raceme made up of hundreds of 1/4 purplish red long-lasting flowers, plants are deciduous in winter.

FLOWER SIZE: 1/4 inch [0.6 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Dienia Dienia ophrydis 1997 (J.Koenig) Seidenf.
Add+ Anaphora Anaphora liparioides 1932 Gagnep.
Add+ Dienia Dienia congesta 1824 Lindl.
Add+ Crepidium Crpdm ophrydis 1996 (J.Koenig) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Epidendrum Epi ophrydis 1791 J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius
Add+ Malaxis Mal ophrydis 1995 (J.Koenig) Ormerod in G.Seidenfaden
Add+ Corymborkis Cbks latifolia 2009 (Sm.) M.R.Almeida
Add+ Gastroglottis Gastroglottis ophrydis 2010 (J.Koenig) A.N.Rao
Add+ Dienia Dienia curranii 1996 (Ames) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Dienia Dienia fusca 1830 Lindl.
Add+ Dienia Dienia latifolia 1996 (Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Dienia Dienia montana 1996 (Blume) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Gastroglottis Gastroglottis latifolia 1995 (Sm.) Szlach.
Add+ Gastroglottis Gastroglottis montana 1825 Blume
Add+ Glossochilopsis Glossochilopsis carnosula 2001 (Rolfe ex Downie) Szlach. & Marg.
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys plantaginea 1891 (Spreng.) Kuntze
Add+ Liparis Lip bernaysii 1883 (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey
Add+ Liparis Lip krempfii 1929 Gagnep.
Add+ Liparis Lip turfosa 1929 Gagnep.
Add+ Malaxis Mal carnosula 1959 (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenf. & Smitinand
Add+ Malaxis Mal congesta 1962 (Lindl.) Deb
Add+ Malaxis Mal kizanensis 1974 (Masam.) S.Y.Hu
Add+ Malaxis Mal latifolia 1812 Sm. in A.Rees
Add+ Malaxis Mal parvissima 1976 S.Y.Hu & Barretto
Add+ Malaxis Mal plicata 1832 Roxb.
Add+ Malaxis Mal vietnamensis 1984 T.B.Nguyen & D.H.Duong in T.B.Nguyen (ed.)
Add+ Microstylis Mst bernaysii 1878 F.Muell.
Add+ Microstylis Mst carnosula 1925 Rolfe ex Downie
Add+ Microstylis Mst congesta 1861 (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Microstylis Mst dalatensis 1955 Guillaumin
Add+ Microstylis Mst fusca 1861 (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Microstylis Mst ishigakensis 1937 Ohwi
Add+ Microstylis Mst kizanensis 1933 Masam.
Add+ Microstylis Mst latifolia 1905 (Sm.) J.J.Sm.
Add+ Microstylis Mst trilobulata 1870 Kurz ex N.E.Br.
Add+ Neottia Neot plantaginea 1825 D.Don
Add+ Spiranthes Spir plantaginea 1826 (Raf.) Raf.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Dienia. ophrydis 'Breezy Hill' (2016) Dienia. ophrydis 'Christine' (2012) Mal. latifolia 'Frisky' (1983)
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