Octomeria sagittata (Rchb.f.) Garay 1967

Photo by Cecília Oliveira de Azevedo and The Field Museum Website

Common Name The Small Leaved Octomeria

Flower Size

Found in Bahia state of Brazil as a mini-miniature sized epiphyte .

Part of the SECTION PlanifoliaO pusilla alliance with O concolor, O cordilabia, O micrantha, O pusilla, O sagittata, O stellaris and O warmingii. Plants in this alliance are less than 4” [10 cm] tall and have thin ramicauls and lanceolate to oblong-elliptic leaves.

Synonyms *Pleurothallis sagittata Rchb.f. 1866

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

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