Octomeria truncicola Barb. Rodr. 1881 SECTION Teritifoliae-Scirpoidae
Photo by Mary Gerritsen
Photo by Dale and Deni Borders.
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Common Name Tree Trunk Growing Octomeria
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Has a short, inflorescence arisng from the base of the leaf with a fasciculate cluster of a few single flowers.
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.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Vol 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing good; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #11 2011 photo fide;
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