Octomeria oxichela Barb. Rodr. 1881

Flower Parts DrawingDrawing by Barbosa Rodrigues, Courtesy of Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Plant in situ

Another Plant same area Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl.

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Common Name The Pointed Lip Octomeria

Flower Size 1/4" [.65 cm]

Found in Brazil as a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte that has an elongate stem carrying a single apical, lanceolate leaf that blooms on a single flowereed inflorescence with the flowers hewld close to the leaf base.

The in situ plant photos are from Boia Ceia', Sao Paulo State, Brazil at an elevation of 2 meters in the first scrub hammock on the beach on trunks and limbs of small trees with lichen.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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