Octomeria

Octomeria
Octomeria rigida plate from Iconographie des Orchidees du Brésil
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family:Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Epidendreae SubTribe: Pleurothallidinae Alliance: Genus: Octomeria R. Brown 1813 Type Species Octomeria graminifolia

Octomeria is a genus of in the orchid family

Distribution

The genus is comprised of about 200 species native to the Neotropics, mostly in Brazil.

Description

Flowers bloom from the base of the leaves

Culture

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

Naming

This genus is derived from Greek "eight part", referring to its 8 pollinia.

Synonyms

1. Aspegrenia Poepp. & Endl., 1837.
2. Enothrea Raf., 1838.
3. Gigliolia Barb.Rodr., 1877, nom. illeg.
4. Octandrorchis Brieger, 1977, nom. illeg.

Species

Octomeria aetheoantha Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria albiflora Hoehne & Schltr., 1926. Octomeria albopurpurea Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria alexandri Schltr., 1922. Octomeria aloifolia Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria alpina Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria amazonica Pabst, 1967. Octomeria anceps Porto & Brade, 1937. Octomeria anomala Garay & Dunst., 1976. Octomeria arcuata Rolfe, 1909. Octomeria auriculata Luer & Dalström, 2002. Octomeria bomboizae Luer, 2002. Octomeria bradei Schltr., 1922. Octomeria brevifolia Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1896. Octomeria buchtienii Schltr., 1929. Octomeria caetensis Pabst, 1979. Octomeria caldensis Hoehne, 1929. Octomeria callosa Luer, 1981. Octomeria campos-portoi Schltr., 1922. Octomeria cariocana Pabst, 1953. Octomeria chamaeleptotes Rchb.f., 1850. Octomeria chloidophylla (Rchb.f.) Garay, 1967. Octomeria cochlearis Rchb.f., 1881. Octomeria colombiana Schltr., 1920. Octomeria concolor Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria connellii Rolfe, 1901. Octomeria cordilabia C.Schweinf., 1961. Octomeria costaricensis Schltr., 1923. Octomeria crassifolia Lindl., 1836. Octomeria crassilabia Pabst, 1956. Octomeria cucullata Porto & Brade, 1937. Octomeria dalstroemii Luer, 2001. Octomeria decipiens Dammer, 1910. Octomeria decumbens Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.),1896. Octomeria deltoglossa Garay, 1958. Octomeria dentifera C.Schweinf., 1961. Octomeria diaphana Lindl., 1839. Octomeria edmundoi Brade, 1943. Octomeria ementosa Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria erosilabia C.Schweinf., 1935. Octomeria estrellensis Hoehne, 1938. Octomeria exchlorophyllata Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria exigua C.Schweinf., 1935. Octomeria fasciculata Barb.Rodr., 1877. Octomeria ffrenchiana P.Feldmann & N.Barré, 1996. Octomeria fialhoensis Dutra ex Pabst, 1959. Octomeria fibrifera Schltr., 1925. Octomeria filifolia C.Schweinf., 1961. Octomeria fimbriata Porto & Peixoto, 1922. Octomeria flabellifera Pabst, 1975. Octomeria flaviflora C.Schweinf., 1961. Octomeria gehrtii Hoehne & Schltr., 1926. Octomeria gemmula Carnevali & I.Ramírez, 1986. Octomeria geraensis (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria glazioveana Regel, 1883. Octomeria gracilicaulis Schltr., 1925. Octomeria gracilis Lodd. ex Lindl., 1838. Octomeria graminifolia (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, 1813. Octomeria grandiflora Lindl., 1842. Octomeria guentheriana Kraenzl., 1928. Octomeria harantiana I.Bock, 1984. Octomeria hatschbachii Schltr., 1926. Octomeria heleneana Carnevali & F.Delascio, 1987. Octomeria helvola Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria hirtzii Luer, 2002. Octomeria hoehnei Schltr., 1926. Octomeria iguapensis Schltr., 1922. Octomeria integrilabia C.Schweinf., 1935. Octomeria irrorata Schltr., 1919. Octomeria itatiaiae Brade & Pabst, 1966. Octomeria juergensii Schltr., 1925. Octomeria juncifolia Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria iguapensis Schltr., 1922. Octomeria integrilabia C.Schweinf., 1935. Octomeria irrorata Schltr., 1919. Octomeria itatiaiae Brade & Pabst, 1966. Octomeria juergensii Schltr., 1925. Octomeria juncifolia Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria kestrochila Garay & Dunst., 1976. Octomeria lamellaris Luer, 2002. Octomeria lancipetala C.Schweinf., 1961. Octomeria leptophylla Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria lichenicola Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria linearifolia Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria lithophila (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria lobulosa Rchb.f., 1858. Octomeria loddigesii Lindl., 1836. Octomeria longifolia Schltr., 1924. Octomeria longipedicellata Seehawer, 2005. Octomeria margaretae Pabst ex Toscano, 1980. Octomeria mauritii Pabst & Moutinho, 1979. Octomeria medinae Luer & J.Portilla, 2002. Octomeria micrantha Barb.Rodr., 1877. Octomeria minor C.Schweinf., 1935. Octomeria minuta Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1896. Octomeria mocoana Schltr., 1924. Octomeria montana Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria monticola C.Schweinf., 1941. Octomeria nana C.Schweinf., 1961. Octomeria ochroleuca Barb.Rodr., 1877. Octomeria octomeriantha (Hoehne) Pabst, 1972. Octomeria oncidioides Luer, 2003. Octomeria oxychela Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria palmyrabellae Barb.Rodr., 1937. Octomeria parvifolia Rolfe, 1901. Octomeria parvula C.Schweinf., 1935. Octomeria peruviana D.E.Benn. & Christenson, 1998. Octomeria petulans Rchb.f., 1859. Octomeria pinicola Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria portillae Luer & Hirtz, 2004. Octomeria praestans Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria prostrata H.Stenzel, 2001. Octomeria pusilla Lindl., 1836. Octomeria pygmaea C.Schweinf., 1949. Octomeria recchiana Hoehne, 1928. Octomeria reitzii Pabst, 1956. Octomeria rhizomatosa C.Schweinf.,1951. Octomeria rhodoglossa Schltr., 1918. Octomeria rigida Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria riograndensis Schltr., 1925. Octomeria rodeiensis Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria rodriguesii Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1896. Octomeria rohrii Pabst, 1951. Octomeria romerorum Carnevali & I.Ramírez, 1990. Octomeria rotundata Luer & Hirtz, 2001. Octomeria rotundiglossa Hoehne, 1937. Octomeria rubrifolia Barb.Rodr., 1877. Octomeria sagittata (Rchb.f.) Garay, 1967. Octomeria sancti-angeli Kraenzl., 1911. Octomeria sarcophylla Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria sarthouae Luer, 1991. Octomeria saundersiana Rchb.f., 1880. Octomeria schultesii Pabst, 1962. Octomeria scirpoidea (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f., 1852. Octomeria serrana Hoehne, 1928. Octomeria setigera Pabst, 1964. Octomeria spannagelii Hoehne, 1938. Octomeria spatulata Rchb.f., 1860. Octomeria splendida Garay & Dunst., 1976. Octomeria stellaris Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria steyermarkii Garay & Dunst., 1965. Octomeria tapiricataractae G.A.Romero & Luer, 2002. Octomeria taracuana Schltr., 1925. Octomeria tenuis Schltr., 1912. Octomeria tricolor Rchb.f., 1872. Octomeria tridentata Lindl., 1839. Octomeria truncicola Barb.Rodr., 1881. Octomeria umbonulata Schltr., 1925. Octomeria unguiculata Schltr., 1925. Octomeria ventii H.Dietr., 2007. Octomeria warmingii Rchb.f., 1881. Octomeria wawrae Rchb.f. ex Wawra, 1888. Octomeria wilsoniana Hoehne, 1929. Octomeria ximenae Luer & Hirtz, 2002. Octomeria yauaperyensis Barb.Rodr., 1891.