Taeniophyllum confertum, commonly known as the crowded ribbonroot,[2] 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.

Taeniophyllum confertum is a leafless, epiphytic herb that only grows as single plants.

[2][3] Taeniophyllum confertum was first formally described in 1985 by Bruce Gray and David Jones and the description was published in The Orchadian.

[4] The specific epithet (confertum) is a Latin word meaning "pressed together", "crowded", "thick" or "dense".