Octomeria decumbens Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 3(4): 642, t. 133, fig. 1 (1896).
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| Octomeria decumbens Cogn., Photo by Torsten Münch |
its native range is SE. & S. Brazil.
Latin Name:
Octomeria decumbens Cogn.
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Octomeria decumbens var. major Pabst
English Name:
The Prone Octomeria.
Description:
With terete, narrow, acute, deep dark green, keeled, narrowing below into the thin, stiff, jointed, elongate, petiolate base leaf that blooms late spring on a cluster of 1 to 4 simultaneous flowers arising from the leaf base.
Distribution:
Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.
Ecological:
In primary forests at elevations of 1000 to 1500 m as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte.
Flowering times:
Blooms late spring.
Flower size:
8.0 mm.
Cultivation:
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.
Typus:
Type Information:
Distribution Of Types Brazil (Southern America)
Reference:
- theplantlist.org
- https://www.ipni.org/n/172011-2
- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172011-2
- http://www.orchidspecies.com/octdecumbens.htm..com/docwasselii.htm.
- https://orchids.fandom.com
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