Taeniophyllum coxii (Summerh.) Summerh. 1958
Photo by © P Ashton and The Zimbabwe Flora Website
Drawings by © J S Ball and Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name Cox's Taeniophyllum
Flower Size .2" [5mm]
Found in Ghana, Zaire, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mauritius on small branches at edge of riverine forests or in abandoned coffee plantations at elevations around 1330 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with grey green roots forming a low mound that blooms in the spring on a .4" [1 cm] long, successively single, 3 to 5 flowered inflorescence carrying straw orange colored flowers
Synonyms *Ankylocheilos coxii Summerh. 1943
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 169 Summerhayes 1943 as Ankylocheilos coxii
Kew Bull. 13: 278 Summerhayes 1958
Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 23 1393 - 1456 Brieger 1990 drawing fide;
Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Orchidaceae Pope 1998 drawing fide;
Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroideae pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2014 as Ankylocheilos coxii;
Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroideae pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2014 drawing good
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