Taeniophyllum stella Carr 1932
Photo by Anthony Lamb
Photo/Drawing by Seidenfaden
Common Name The Star Shaped Taeniophyllum
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in the eastern Himalayas, penninsular Malaysia and Borneo at elevations around 1100 meters as a mini-miniature sized, coolgrowing epiphyte without pseudobulbs or leaves that does have flattened roots that blooms on several, peduncle .4" [1 cm] long, a short rachis, successively single flowered inflorescence carrying pale yellowish to bright yellow to salmon colored flowers that last only a single day.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo, Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide; Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011
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