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Taeniophyllum filiforme
Taeniophyllum filiforme J.J.Sm., Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 7 (1900) 4
Type: J.J. Smith s.n. (Celebes, Bone near Gorontalo) (holo BO)
Synonyms:
- Taeniophyllum gracillimum Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 50 (1908) 138 (non Schltr.)
- Type: Ridley s.n. (Johore, Tebrau R.); s.n. (Tempayan R.); s.n. (Selangor, Petaling Woods) (holo K) - Taeniophyllum macrorrhizum Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 4 (1924) 176 (as nom. nov.)
Roots very long. Peduncle 5.5 cm long, filiform; rachis short. Floral bracts distichous, broadly triangular. Pedicel with ovary 0.35 cm long, 6-grooved. Flowers not resupinate, rather fleshy, not opening widely. Sepals 0.5 by 0.15 cm, linear-lanceolate, concave, warty outside. Petals similar to the sepals, slightly shorter. Lip 0.4 cm long excluding spur, indistinctly 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, rounded; mid-lobe very fleshy, concave at base, apical part conical, slightly laterally flattened, obtuse; spur 0.3 cm long, 0.15 cm diam., straight, swollen in the middle, obtuse. Column very short; anther-beak, stipe and viscidium all very long. (After Smith 1903)
Flower pale ochre-yellow.
Epiphyte on tree trunks in lowland forest; 40 m.
Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea), Thailand, Andaman is., Thailand.
Papua (Indonesia). See map
July.
- Smith, J.J., Icon. Bogor. 2 (1903) 127, t. 125B
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java (1905) 623
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java, Fig.-Atl. (1914) fig. 467
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Vandeae
- Subtribe Aeridinae
- Genus Taeniophyllum
- Section Rhynchanthera
- Species Taeniophyllum filiforme
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Taeniophyllum filiforme
Taeniophyllum filiforme J.J.Sm., floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith
Taeniophyllum filiforme
Taeniophyllum filiforme J.J.Sm., herbarium sheet, Bogor cult. s.n. (Celebes, Bone near Gorontalo, not indicated on label) (holotype specimen BO)
Taeniophyllum filiforme
Taeniophyllum filiforme J.J.Sm., herbarium sheet, Bogor cult. s.n. (Celebes, Bone near Gorontalo, not indicated on label) (holotype specimen BO)
Taeniophyllum filiforme
Taeniophyllum filiforme J.J.Sm., herbarium sheet, Bogor cult. s.n. (Celebes, Bone near Gorontalo, not indicated on label) (holotype specimen BO)