Taeniophyllum pubicarpum Schltr. 1913 SUBGENUS Taeniophyllum SECTION Trachyrachis Schlechter

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

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Common Name The Hairy Seed Capsule Taeniophyllum

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea on trees at elevations around 900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte without leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on a hispid, .4" [1 cm] long, dense, successively single, few flowered inflorescence with triangular, apiculate floral bracts.

Schlechter stated that the flowers are white with a with 4 to 6 small, violet-red spots on the lip.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 23 1393 - 1456 Brieger 1990 drawing fide;

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