Microtatorchis Schlechter
in K.Schumann & Lauterbach, Nachtr. Fl. deutsch. Schutz. Sudsee (1905), 224.

Introduction: A genus of epiphytic herbs with its center of distribution in New Guinea.

Derivation of genus name: Greek mikros (small) and orchis (orchid). In suggestion of the minute habit.

Type species: Microtatorchis perpurilla Schltr.

Characteristics of genus: Minute monopodial epiphytes with green roots and very short stems. Some of the species are leafless, superficially similar to Taeniophyllum.

Habitat: Found only in the high altitude mist forests

Image shown above: Specimen collected from roadside at Jimmy Valley. Actual size: height = 0.5 cm, natural spread = 1.5 cm, inflorescens = 0.7 cm

Conservation status: not known