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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Orchids
  7. Malaxideae
  8. Malaxidinae

subtribe

Malaxidinae

Malaxidinae

Includes
12 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Adder's Mouth 7 native
  • Widelip Orchids 3 native
  • Tamayorkis 1 native
  • Hammarbya 1 native
  • Dienia
  • Fairy Orchids

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Malaxidinae All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • White Adder's Mouth Malaxis monophyllos food 4
  • Fen Orchid Liparis loeselii food 2
  • Large Twayblade Liparis liliifolia flowers 23
  • Green Adder's-mouth Malaxis unifolia
  • Chiricahua Adder's Mouth Malaxis macrostachya
  • Florida Adder's-mouth Malaxis spicata
  • White Adder's-mouth Malaxis brachypoda
  • Huachuca Mountain Adder's-mouth Orchid Malaxis corymbosa
  • ʻAwapuhiakanaloa Liparis hawaiensis
  • Cochise Adder's-mouth Orchid Tamayorkis porphyrea
  • Pantropical Widelip Orchid Liparis nervosa
  • Bog Adder's-mouth Orchid Hammarbya paludosa
  • Appalachian Adder's-mouth Malaxis bayardii
  • Arizona Adder's-mouth Orchid Malaxis abieticola
  • Wendt's Adder's-mouth Orchid Tamayorkis wendtii
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