Taeniophyllum orthorhynchum Schltr. 1913 SUBGENUS Taeniophyllum SECTION Trachyrachis Schlechter

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

Common Name The Bird Beak Taeniophyllum [refers to the column?]

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea on trees at elevations around 250 to 300 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte without leaves that blooms in the winter on an epeduculate, somewhat verrucose, flexuous, .2" [.5 cm] long, sublaxly 5 to 8 flowered inflorescence with triangular, apiculate floral bracts.

Schlechter stated that the flowers are yellow with a white lip and the column is red in front.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide

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