Octomeria gracilis Barb. Rodr. 1881 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by OrchidMania

Common Name The Graceful Octomeria

Flower Size 1/8 to 1/4" [6 to 7 mm]

Found in Brazil as a miniature epiphyte with small needlelike, linear-lanceolate leaves on thin stems that has a short, axillary inflorescence with clustered [to 5] flowers in a fascile that can occur at any time of the year.

Synonyms Octomeria rodriguesii Cogn. 1896; Octomeria semiteres Regel 1856

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