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Malaxis bayardii
Also called Adder’s-mouth, Adder’s-mouth Orchid, Appalachian Adder’s-mouth Orchid, Bayard’s Adder’s-mouth Orchid, Bayard’s Malaxis, Appalachian Adder's Mouth, Bayard's Adder's Mouth
Malaxis bayardii, or Bayard's adder's-mouth orchid, is a species of orchid native to northeastern North America. It is found from Massachusetts to North Carolina, with isolated populations in Ohio and Nova Scotia. There are historical reports of the plant formerly growing in Vermont and New Jersey, but it seems to have been extirpated in those two states It grows in dry, open woods and pine barrens at elevations of less than 600 m (2000 feet).
Malaxis bayardii is a terrestrial herb up to 26 cm (10.4 inches) tall. It produces a pseudobulb up to 20 mm in diameter. It generally has only one leaf, occasionally two, about halfway up the stem. Flowers are small and green, borne in a raceme of up to 70 flowers.
Arizona Adder's Mouth Orchid · Madrean adder's mouth · Malaxis cogniauxiana · Malaxis densiflora · Malaxis discolor · Malaxis excavata · Malaxis histionantha · Chiricahua Adder's Mouth Orchid · White Adder's Mouth · Malaxis myurus · Malaxis novogaliciana · Malaxis sampoae
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malaxis bayardii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
