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| name = ''Octomeria''
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===Propagation===
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
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| genus = '''''Octomeria'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]]
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*''[[Octomeria brevifolia]]''
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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*''[[Octomeria gracilis]]''
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*''[[Octomeria grandiflora]]''
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*''[[Octomeria juncifolia]]''
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*''[[Octomeria surinamensis]]''
 
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'''''Octomeria''''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] "eight part", referring to its 8 [[pollinia]]) is a plant [[genus]] belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Orchidaceae]]. The genus is comprised of about 200 [[species]] native to the [[Neotropics]], mostly in [[Brazil]].
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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The following genera have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Octomeria'': '''''Aspegrenia''''' <small>[[Poepp.]] & [[Endl.]]</small>, '''''Enothrea''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]]</small>, '''''Gigliolia''''' <small>[[Barb.Rodr.]]</small>, '''''Octandrorchis''''' <small>[[Brieger]]</small> (nom. inval.) and '''''Pleurothallopsis''''' <small>[[Paulo Campos Porto|Porto]] & [[Alexander Curt Brade|Brade]]</small>.
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Read about Octomeria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Octomeria (from the Greek for eight and part, referring to the pollinia). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic herbs: sts. cespitose: If. solitary, sessile or subsessile, borne at the tips of the sts.: fls. small, clustered at the base of the Lvs.; sepals and petals similar, spreading; labellum shorter than the sepals, strongly 3-lobed or pandurate; column short; pollinia 8.—The following species are natives of Brazil.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

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  • photo 2

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References

External links


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