Octomeria estrellensis Hoehne 1938 Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista and © Orchidstudium

Common Name Campos Porto's Octomeria [Brazilian Engineer and Botanist and head of Rio Botanical Garden 1900's]

Flower Size 1/2" [1.2 cm]

Found in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janiero states of Brazil in primary forests at elevations around 1200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an erect, woody stem enveloped by sheaths and a terete, light green leaf that blooms in the fall on a short, single flowered inflorescence arising from the leaf base

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994