Malaxis: Greek for soft, tender, refering to the thin texture of the leaves
| acuminata | Sumatra | |
| acutangula | Malaysia | |
| amabilis* | Kalimantan | |
| amplectens | Java | Lowland reverine alluvial forest limestone karst |
| andesoniii* | Sarawak | Under 300m asl Limestone rocks |
| arboricola | Sulawesi | |
| aurata* | Sarawak | |
| bancana | Thailand | |
| bancanoides | Sulawesi | |
| bengkuluensis | Sumatra | |
| bidentifera* | Kalimantan | Limestone rock |
| bispirifera | Sumatra | |
| blumei | Malaysia | lowoand forest |
| calophylla | Malaysia | 1,100m asl hill forewt ultramafic substrate |
| carinatifolia | Sulawesi | |
| carrii | Mal | |
| celebica | Sulawesi | |
| chamaeorchis | Mal | |
| chlorophyrs | Borneo | |
| clemensii | Sarawak | 800-900m asl hill foresy on limestone |
| commenlinifolia | Java | limestone cliffs - open swamp foresy |
| cordiglottis | Sumatra | |
| crepidium | Java | |
| cuprea | Java | |
| cupuliflora | Sulawesi | |
| demusica* | Sabah | 300-700m asl open swamp forest on boulders in river beds |
| decumbens | PNG | |
| elegans* | Sarawak | |
| exilis | Sumatra | |
| humerata | Java* | |
| hoi | Malaysia | |
| inexpectata | Sumatra | |
| junghuhnii | Java* | |
| kabensis | Sumatra | |
| kerintjiensis | Sumatra | |
| kinabaluensis | Sabah | 1,200-2,000m asl oak-laurel forest |
| klabatensis | Sulawesi | |
| kobi | Java* | |
| koordersii | Java | |
| langkawiensis | Malaysia | |
| latifolia | Malaysia | lowland-hill forest 'white sand forest' |
| loabtocallosa | Java | |
| lokonensis | Sulawesi | |
| lombasangensis | Sulawesi | |
| lowii | Sabah/Sarawak | hills on sandy soil with scttered limestone rock |
| lunifera | Sumatra | |
| mackinonii | Thailand | |
| macrochila | Malalysia | |
| maculata* | Sarawak | |
| merapiensis | Malaysia | |
| metallica* | Sabah | 400-1,200m asl Hill - moss forest on boulders in riverbeds |
| micrantha | Malalysia | limestone rocks |
| multiflora | Sabah | 900-1,200m asl hill forest |
| nemoralis | Malalysia | |
| obovata | Java* | |
| oculata | Malaysia | |
| ophrydis | Sumatra | |
| orbicularis | Thailand | |
| ovalisepala | Thaiiland | |
| partitiloba | Kalimantan | 1,100m asl lower montane forest |
| peberula | Sumatra | |
| perakensis | Malaysia | Limestone boulders riverine alluvial forest |
| prasina | Malaysia | |
| pleistantha | Sarawak | |
| puncata* | Sabah | 800-1,800m asl palm understorey moss forest |
| purpureonervosa | Java | |
| rajana | Kalimantan | 1,400m asl lower montane forest |
| ranauensis | Sumatra | |
| remosa | Kalimantan | |
| reniloba | Mal | |
| repens | Sarawak | 1,300m asl lower montane forest also in Sulawesi |
| ridleyi | Java | |
| robinsonii | Sumatra | |
| saggitata | Java | |
| slalmatensis | Sumatra | |
| soleformis | Java | |
| sororia | Sumatra | |
| stenophylla | Malaysia | |
| sumatrensis | Sumatra | |
| sublotbata* | Kalimantan | 1,600m asl lower montane forest |
| subtiliscapa* | Sabah | 400-1,700m asl lower montane forest |
| tenggerensis* | Java | |
| tjiwideiensis | Java | |
| variabialis | Sabah Sarawak | 900m asl hill forest |
| venosa* | Kalimantan | |
| versicolor | India |