Taeniophyllum clementsii (D.L.Jones & B.Gray) Kocyan & Schuit.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Taeniophyllum

Characteristics

Plants single. Roots flat in cross-section, 20–40 × 1 mm, green. Stems c. 1 mm long. Racemes 10–30 mm long, flowering progressively and increasing in length, base thread-like, glabrous, flowering part thick and fleshy, zigzagged, with bracts in 2 ranks, c. 5–50-flowered. Flowers tubular, c. 1.5 × 1 mm, pale green, opening one at a time. Sepals and petals fleshy, spreading only in distal half. Dorsal sepal 1.2 × 0.6 mm. Lateral sepals 1.6 × 0.6mm. Petals c. 1 × 0.6 mm. Labellum triangular, c. 1 mm long, concave, apex with long thin tooth; spur c. 0.6 mm long, ovoid to globose, more or less in line with labellum.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Environment

Highly localised; growing on branches of trees in highland rainforest.
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Distribution

Taeniophyllum clementsii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77138224-1
WFO ID wfo-0001338970
COL ID 54HFX
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Synonyms

Microtatorchis clementsii Taeniophyllum clementsii