Taeniophyllum pahangense Carr 1932 SECTION Sepalocodon
Photos © by Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Pahang Taeniophyllum [refers to a state in Malaysia]
Flower Size .08" [2mm]
Found in the Thailand, penninsular Malaysia and Vietnam in lowland primary forests at elevations around 400 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with triangular in section, slender roots and giving rise to no leaves that blooms in the spring on a rough, erect , 1" [2.5 cm] long, successively several flowered inforescence carrying pale greenish flowers that barely open.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo ok; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide
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