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Genus Taeniophyllum

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1a. Plant very small, inflorescence scarcely reaching 2 cm. in height, few-flowered; flowers orange; sepals and petals united in a tube in the lower part, total length 1.5-2 mm.; lip free, very concave with the apex hooded and terminating in an inflexed sharp point, 1.5-2 mm. long; spur almost globose or ellipsoid, 0.6-0.9 mm. long and a little narrower; column very short with two rounded lobes in front; anther 4-lobed; pollinia 4, 2 large and 2 small Taeniophyllum coxii

World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ accessed 17/02/2015

Taeniophyllum coxii (Summerh.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 13: 278 (1958).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Ankylocheilos coxii Summerh., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 169 (1943).
Description:
Very small leafless plant; roots 3–4 cm long, c. 1 mm in diameter, grey-green, forming a low mound. Stem 1–2 mm long. Inflorescence c. 10 mm long, 3–5-flowered, the flowers opening one at a time. Peduncle 5 mm long, with a vertical line of tubercles (visible by microscope).Flowers straw- orange in colour, erect, tubular, the tepals joined at about halfway, the sepals slightly darker than the rest; peduncle, ovary and bracts also straw-orange in colour; ovary 2 mm long; bracts c. 0.5 mm long. Sepals 1.5–2.5 × 0.4–0.7 mm; petals slightly shorter. Lip very concave, 1.6–1.9 mm long, the tip bent back on the upper side, forming a hook; spur 1 mm long, saccate, globose. Column very short.
Habitat:
On small branches of trees and on creepers at edge of riverine forest 1330 m.
Cultivation:
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Distribution:
Ghana to Zimbabwe, Mauritius
References:
Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Orchidaceae Pope 1998; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroideae pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2014; Taeniophyllum coxii (Summerh.) Summerh. (Orchidaceae): A New Record for Mauritius, Indian Ocean; January 2004Kew Bulletin 59(3):493-494
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with kind permission.