Taeniophyllum biocellatum J.J.Sm. 1913

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Plant and Flower

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Common Name The Two Eyed Taeniophyllum [refers to the circles within the flower]

Flower Size 1/8" [3 mm]

Found only in Java on forest trees as well as coffee trees at elevations of 300 to 1000 meters as a miniature sized, leafless, hot growing, monopodial epiphyte with very flattened, creeping roots that blooms in the late spring on a 1.4" [3.5 cm] long, several to many successively single flowered inflorescence with concave, apically sharp pointed, floral bracts

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Java Comber 1990