| + | 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. |