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Taeniophyllum confertum
Taeniophyllum confertum, commonly known as the crowded ribbonroot, is a species of leafless epiphytic orchid which only grows as single plants that form small clumps. It has short stems and flattened green roots pressed against the tree on which it is growing. Between five and ten pale green, tube-shaped flowers open one at a time. This orchid only grows in a small area of tropical North Queensland.
The crowded ribbonroot grows on the smallest branches of rainforest trees. It is only known from between the McIlwraith Range and the Mulgrave River.
Taeniophyllum baumei · Taeniophyllum clementsii · Taeniophyllum explanatum · Taeniophyllum fasciola · Christmas Island ribbonroot · Yellow ribbonroot · Tangled ribbonroot · Chain ribbonroot · Norfolk Island ribbonroot · Taeniophyllum savaiiense · Ribbonroot Orchids
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Taeniophyllum confertum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
