Octomeria praestans Barb.Rodr. 1881 SECTION Teritifoliae-Scirpoidae Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista

Leaf and Flowers Photo courtesy of Tony Watkinson and the Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

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Common Name The Outstanding Octomeria

Flower Size

Found in Espirito Santo State, Brazil as a warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall in situ

Part of the SECTION Teritifoliae-Scirpoidae O praestans Alliance with O praestans, O trunicola and O wilsoniana and is distinguished by the straight leaves large and strong plants with acute petals and tribobed lip

Synonyms Octomeria paulensis Barb.Rodr. 1937

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

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