Taeniophyllum cylindrocentrum Schltr. 1913 SUBGENUS Taeniophyllum SECTION Rhynchanthera Schlechter
TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
LATE EARLY
Common Name The Cylindrical Center Taeniophyllum [refers to the spur]
Flower Size
Found in New Guinea at elevations around 600 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte without leaves that blooms in the late fall and early winter on a flexuous, setiform peduncle, 2.4" [6 cm] long, densely several flowered inflorescence with triangular, apiculate floral bracts.
Schlechter stated that the flowers are white yellow.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide;
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