Taeniophyllum exotrachys Schltr. 1913 SUBGENUS Taeniophyllum SECTION Trachyrachis Schlechter
TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
LATE EARLY
Common Name The Rough Taeniophyllum [refers to the muricate-hispid inflorescence]
Flower Size
Found in New Guinea at elevations around 900 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm growing epiphyte without leaves that blooms in the late fall and early winter on a densely muricate-hispid, to 1" [2.5 cm] long, densely few flowered inflorescence with triangular floral bracts.
Schlechter states that the flowers are pale yellow.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide
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