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{{Taxobox
==Cultivation==
| color = lightgreen
 
| name = ''Octomeria''
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
===Propagation===
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
 
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
===Pests and diseases===
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
 
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
 
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
==Varieties==
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
 
| genus = '''''Octomeria'''''
 
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]]
==Gallery==
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
 
| subdivision =  
<gallery perrow=5>
*''[[Octomeria brevifolia]]''
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
*''[[Octomeria gracilis]]''
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
*''[[Octomeria grandiflora]]''
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*''[[Octomeria juncifolia]]''
</gallery>
*''[[Octomeria surinamensis]]''
*etc.
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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]].
==References==
<references/>
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->


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>.
==External links==
*{{wplink}}


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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

References

External links