Taeniophyllum rhodantherum Schltr. 1911

TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Red Anther Taeniophyllum

Flower Size

Found in western Sumatra at elevations around 700 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with flattenerd roots without leaves that blooms on a zig-zag, muricate, .6 to 1" [1.5 to 2.5 cm] long, densely successively many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, muricate floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 drawing fide;

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