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Octomeria crassifolia

Octomeria crassifolia

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
SubTribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Octomeria
Species: Octmr. crassifolia
Alliance:
Binomial name
Octomeria crassifolia
Lindl. 1836


Octomeria crassifolia is a species in the Octomeria genus.

Description[]

Plant blooms from spring to fall with a cluster of flowers.

Distribution[]

Plant is found growing in eastern Ecuador, Brazil to Uruguay

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[]

Common Name: The Single-Colored Octomeria

Synonyms[]

  1. Octomeria densiflora Barb.Rodr., 1881.
  2. Octomeria densiflora var. triarticulata Barb.Rodr., 1882.
  3. Octomeria crassifolia var. triarticulata (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) 1896.
  4. Octomeria crassifolia var. negrensis Porto & Brade, 1937).
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