Taeniophyllum flaccidum (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. 2014
TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Flaccid Taeniophyllum [refers to the lax growth]
Flower Size minute
Found in New Guinea on trees in forests at elevations around 800 to 1800 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with no stem and with erect-patent, lanceolate-ligulate, acute leaves that blooms in the winter on a flexuous, erect-patent, peduncle and rachis angular, to 6" [to 15 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with ovate, acute, slightly shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
Schlechter stated that the most distinguishing factor was the elongate inflorescence and that the flowers are green
Synonyms *Microtatorchis flaccidum Schltr. 1913
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 as Microtatorchis flaccidum drawing fide;
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