Taeniophyllum complanatum Fukuy. 1935

Another Angle Photos by © Mingiweng and The Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Could this be more correct? Roots are flat no flowers Photos by © J.J.Merry and The Flickr Orchid Photo Website

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Common Name The Pressed Flat Taeniophyllum [refers to the roots] - In China Bian Gen Dai Ye Lan

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in southcentral Taiwan in montane primary broadleaved forests at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with strongly flattened, spreading, creeping, fleshy roots giving rise in the spring through earlier fall to 1 to 3, suberect, slender, elongating, .8 to 5.6" [2 to 14 cm] long, successively single occasionally 2, 5 to 40 flowered inflorescence.

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution.

Synonyms Taeniophyllum crassipes Fukuy.1938

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Wild Orchids of Taiwan Lin & Wang 2014 photos

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