Tainia scapigera (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm. 1912
Photo by © M J S Sands/J J Wood 1994
Drawing courtesy of The Plant Genera.org Website
Common Name or Meaning The Shaft Bearing Tainia
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in northern and northwestern Borneo in hill forests at elevations of 800 to 900 meters as a small sized, warm growing terrestrial with cordate-ovate, darker spotted, undulate to uneven surface, leaves that blooms on an erect, several flowered inflorescence with faintly sweet scented flowers
Synonyms Mischobulbum scapigerum (Hook.f.) Schltr. 1911; *Nephelaphyllum scapigerum Hook.f. 1863;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Mischobulbon scapigerum; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Nephelaphyllum scapigerum drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Mischobulbum scapigerum; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #14 820 - 880 1984 as Mischobulbum scapigerum; Orchid Monographs Vol 6 Seidenfaden 1992 as Mischobulbum scapigerum drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993 as Mischobulbum scapigerum; Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 as Mischobulbum scapigerum photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001 as Mischobulbon scapigerum; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 2 2008 photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 15 P.O'Byrne 2015;
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