Octomeria stellaris

Octomeria stellaris Barb.Rodr., Gen. Sp. Orchid. ii. 99.

Octomeria stellaris
Octomeria stellaris
Octomeria stellaris Barb.Rodr., Photo  by Leonardo Almeida

its native range is Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). 

Latin Name: 

Octomeria stellaris Barb.Rodr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Star Shaped Octomeria.

Description: 

With stiff, green, noded stems carrying a single, apical, subulate, light green becoming dark purple leaf that blooms in the winter on a short, single flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Brazil Southeast.

Ecological:

In open primary forests as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphtye.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the winter.

Flower size:

10.0 mm.

Cultivation:

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

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/646320-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:646320-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/octstellaris.htm.

https://orchids.fandom.com

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