Taeniophyllum crepidiforme (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl.1898 SECTION Taeniophyllum

Flower just opening

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TYPE Drawing

Drawing by Copyright © R Pantling and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Part Shade LATE Summer EARLY Fall

Common Name

Flower Size .12" to .16" [3 to 4 mm]

Found in the eastern Himalayas and Sikkim in unreported localities as a minute sized epiphyte with several, relatively large roots giving rise to an erect, filiform, .32" to .36" [8 to 9 mm] long, successively few flowered inflorescence with minute, ovate, floral bracts.

Synonyms *Sarcochilus crepidiformis King & Pantl. 1895

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; The Orchids of India a Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing ok; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002;

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