Taeniophyllum bracteatum L.O.Williams 1938 Collection sheet and Drawing by © Merrill

Common Name The Bracted Taeniophyllum

Flower Size tiny

Found in the Philippines on Negros Island on mossy trees at elevations around 1200 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with flattened roots, stemless, carrying basal, small, lanceolate, long apiculate apically leaves that blooms in the spring on a slightly fractiflex, 1" [2.5 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence with conspicuous, oblong-lanceolate, acute floral bracts that are longer than the flowers.

Synonyms Microtatorchis aristata Garay 1972

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 as Microtatorchis aristata; Orchidiana Philippiana Valmayor 1984 as Microtatorchis aristata;

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