Chiloschista segawae is a species of leafless epiphytic or orchid that forms clumps with many radiating, flattened green roots.
Chiloschista segawae is an epiphytic, leafless herb that forms clumps with many flattened greenish, photosynthetic roots up to 350 millimetres (14 in) long radiating from inconspicuous stems.
This orchid was first formally described in 1934 by Genkei Masamune who gave it the name Sarcochilus segawae and published the description in Transactions, Natural History Society of Formosa.
[2] In 1938, Masamune and Noriaki Fukuyama changed the name to Chiloschista segawae.
[1] Chiloschista segawae grows on the trunks of trees in the forests of southern Taiwan at altitudes of between 700 and 1,000 m (2,300 and 3,300 ft).