Taeniophyllum orbiculare Schltr. 1913 SUBGENUS Taeniophyllum SECTION Brachyanthera Schlechter

TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part shade Hot Winter

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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