Octomeria pinicola Barb. Rodr. 1881 Photo courtesy of Americo Docha Neto

Flower Closeup Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista

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Common Name The Pine Loving Octomeria

Flower Size 1/4" [.6 cm]

Found in the Mantiqueira Rain Forest Mountains of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states, Brazil at elevations around 1000 to 1500 meters as a small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte that blooms at most any time.

Synonyms Epidendrum chloranthum Barb. Rodr. 1877 Nom Ilegal

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;