Taeniophyllum muelleri, commonly known as the chain ribbonroot,[2] is a species of leafless epiphytic or lithophytic herb that usually forms tangled colonies.

It has short stems and cylindrical green roots pressed against the substrate on which it is growing.

Taeniophyllum muelleri is a leafless, epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that forms tangled colonies.

[5][6] The specific epithet (muelleri) honours Ferdinand von Mueller.

[6] The chain ribbonroot usually grows on the smallest branches of rainforest trees sometimes on rocks, on coast and nearby ranges of Queensland, New South Wales north from the Bellinger River and in New Caledonia.