Malaxis wendtii, the Wendt's adder's-mouth orchid, is a North American species of orchids native to northern Mexico (Querétaro, Nuevo León, Coahuila) and the US State of Texas.Salazar Chávez, Gerardo Adolfo 1993. Orquídea (México D.F..), serie nuevo, 13(2–1): 281Hágsater, E. & M. Soto. 2003. Orchids of Mexico. Icones Orchidacearum (Mexico) 5–6: i–xxii, plates 501–700
Malaxis wendtii is an herb up to tall. It generally has only one leaf, and above it a long vertical array of small purple flowers.
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nuevo León in 1996