Taeniophyllum malianum Schltr. 1913 SUBGENUS Taeniophyllum SECTION Rhynchanthera Photo courtesy of Wolfgang H. Bandisch. Photo by Peter O'Byrne Copyright © 1998, 1999 All rights reserved. And his Papua & New Guinea Orchid Species site

Common Name The Mali River Taeniophyllum [River in New Guinea]

Flower Size 1/2"+ [1.4 cm]

Found from New Guinea Solomon Island and Queensland Australia as a small, leafless epiphyte at elevations of 80 to 150 meters on small twigs as a tangled mass that is perched in the upper levels of tall trees where they get bright light where it blooms on a horizontal 2" [5 cm] long, several [15] flowered inflorescence with them opening in succession one by one on a extending compressed rhachis with 3 persistant bracts and nonresupinate, nocturnal ephemeral, fragrant flowersall occuring at any time of the year.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/1985; Flora Malesia Orchids of New Guinea Vol V 2008;

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