Octomeria ementosa Barb.Rodr. 1881 SECTION Planifolia Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista and © Orchidstudium

Common Name The Chinless Octomeria

Flower Size

Found in Rio and Parana' states of Brazil where it blooms in the spring

Part of the SECTION Planifolia O crassifolia alliance with O aetheoantha, O alpina, O arcuata, O cochlearis, O albiflora, O decepiens, O densiflora, O crassifolia, O exchlorophyllata, O fasciculata, O fibrifera, O gehrti, O lithophila, O ouropretana, O rigida, O robusta, O sarcophylla O schultesii and O serrana. Plants within this alliance are robust, small to large, have strong roundish ramicauls that are not laterally compressed and are more than .08” [2mm] thick in the upper part.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasiliensis Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1976 drawing fide;

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