Taeniophyllum hirtum Blume 1825
Photo by © J.B.Comber and The Swiss Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Photo by © Kazutoshi Moriya and Peacewood Orchid Photo Site
Photo by © Jean Jacques Villagente and the Endemia NC Website
Common Name The Hairy Taeniophyllum
Flower Size .4" [1.1 cm]
Found in Java and northern Borneo in lower montane forests at elevations around 1300 to 1900 meters as a cool growing epiphyte with numerous, grey, somewhat flattened roots that blooms in the winter on a bristley, 1.6 to 2" [3 to 5 cm] long, successively single flowered inflorescence carrying 6 to 15 mostly yellow but some with green flowers
CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution. The third [closeup] photo is most likely wrong as it was submitted from New Caledonia.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photos ok; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo, Wood & Cribb 1994; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011
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