Octomeria oxychela Barb. Rodr. 1881 SECTION Planifolia
Flower Parts DrawingDrawing by Barbosa Rodrigues, Courtesy of Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Another Plant same area Photos by © 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 flowered inflorescence with the flowers held 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.
Part of the SECTION Planifolia O tridentata alliance with O gracilicaulis, O juergensii, O iguapensis, O pinicola, O tridentata, and O umbonulata. Plants within this alliance are under 8" [20cm] tall, have fine ramicauls and lanceolate leaves
Synonyms Octomeria oxychela var. gracilis Cogn. 1896
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Vol 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992;
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