Tainia paucifolia (Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt) J.J.Sm. 1912

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel, André Schuiteman and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name or Meaning The Few Leafed Tainia

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra and Borneo in montane forests and in tall grasslands at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with terete-conical, carrying 1 or occasionally 2, elliptic to ovate, acuminate, abruptly narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a lateral, mid way on the pseudobulb, to 14" to 18" [35 to 45 cm] long, 8 to 15 flowered inflorescence with 3 ovate bracts and narrowly triangular, acute floral bracts with wide open

Synonyms Eria paucifolia (Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt) Rchb.f. 1861; Mitopetalum fimbriatum (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. 1859; *Octomeria paucifolia Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt 1827; Tainia fimbriata Teijsm. & Binn. 1853; Tainia latilingua Hook.f. 1890

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Woods & Seidenfaden 1992 in index as Tainia pauciflora; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 as Tainia pauciflora; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001