Taeniophyllum retrospiculatum (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl.1898
Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
Common Name The Back-Bent
Flower Size .15" [4 mm]
Found in the eastern Himalayas and Laos on mossy tree trunks at elevations of 1300 to 2400 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with flattened, grey-green roots giving rise to short, 1 to 2 flowered, glandular pubescent inflorescence with a few distant sheaths and lanceolate acute floral bracts with successively single flowers
Synonyms *Sarcanthus retrospiculatum King & Pantl. 1896
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002
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