Taeniophyllum orbiculare Schltr. 1913 SUBGENUS Taeniophyllum SECTION Brachyanthera Schlechter
TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Orbicular Taeniophyllum [refers to the lip]
Flower Size
Found in New Guinea on trees at elevations around 250 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte without leaves that blooms in the winter on a distichous, setiform, .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm] long, densely 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence with minute, triangular floral bracts.
Schlechter stated that the flowers are golden yellow.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide
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