Taeniophyllum fasciola

mutina N.Hallé Taeniophyllum minutissimum Schltr.

Taeniophyllum fasciola is an epiphytic orchid, native to many Pacific islands.

[1] Like all species of Taeniophyllum it is effectively leafless with photosynthetic roots.

[2] It was first described in 1786 as Epidendrum fasciola by Georg Forster[1][3] and was renamed and redescribed many times.

In 1862 it received its current name when it was assigned to the genus Taeniophyllum by Berthold Carl Seemann.