Octomeria (ok-toh-MER-ee-a), from the Greek for "eight parts" referring to the eight pollinia, consist of around 150 species found throughout the American tropics, but with the majority in Brazil.  Some have flat leaves while others have terete or needle-like foliage.  At the base of the leaf are the single flowers with large membranous sepals and petals.  The lips are lobed with a hinged base.

Because Carl Luer has not yet published Octomeria in one of the Icones Pleurothallidinarum, the list here was obtained from an alternate source.

    These plants have not yet been positively identified.

        Octomeria species 00166

        Octomeria species 02456

        Octomeria species 03963

 

    Octomeria aetheoantha Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria albiflora Hoehne & Schltr.

        Octomeria albina Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria tricolor

    Octomeria albopurpurea Barb.Rodr.

        Octomeria albo-rosea Kraenzl. = Acianthera albo-rosea

            Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVI; p. 253 (2/2004)

    Octomeria alexandri Schltr.

    Octomeria aloefolia Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria alpina Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria amazonica Pabst

    Octomeria anceps C.Porro & Brade

    Octomeria anomala Garay & G.C.K.Dunst.

        Octomeria apiculata (Lindl.) Garay & R.Sweet = Octomeria graminifolia

    Octomeria arcuata Rolfe

    Octomeria baueri Lindl.

    Octomeria bidentata Lindl.

    Octomeria boliviensis Rolfe

        Octomeria boliviensis var. grandiflora C.Schweinf. = Octomeria peruviana

        Octomeria brachypetala Schltr. = Octomeria brevifolia

        Octomeria bradei Schltr. = Octomeria linearifolia

    Octomeria brevifolia Cogn.

    Octomeria butchienii Schltr.

    Octomeria caespitosa Lodd ex W.Baxt.

    Octomeria caetensis Pabst

    Octomeria caldensis Hoehne

    Octomeria callosa Luer

    Octomeria campos-portoi Schltr.

    Octomeria cariocana Pabst

    Octomeria chamaeleptotes Rchb.f.

    Octomeria chloidophylla (Rchb.f.) Garay

    Octomeria cochlearis Rchb.f.

    Octomeria colombiana Schltr.

        Octomeria complanata C.Schweinf. = Octomeria yauaperyensis

    Octomeria concolor Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria connellii Rolfe

    Octomeria cordilabia C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria costaricensis Schltr.

    Octomeria crassifolia Lindl.

    Octomeria crassilabia Pabst

    Octomeria cucullata C.Porto & Brade

    Octomeria decipiens Dammer

    Octomeria decumbens Cogn.

    Octomeria deltoglossa Garay

        Octomeria densiflora Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria crassifolia

    Octomeria dentifera C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria diaphana Lindl.

        Octomeria dusenii Schltr. = Octomeria chloidophylla

    Octomeria edmundoi Brade

        Octomeria elobata Schltr. = Octomeria octomeriantha

    Octomeria ementosa Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria erosilabia C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria estrellensis Hoehne

    Octomeria exchlorophyllata Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria exigua C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria exigua var. elata C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria fasciculata Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria frenchiana Feldmann & Barré

    Octomeria fialhoensis Dutra apud Pabst

    Octomeria fibrifera Schltr.

    Octomeria filifolia C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria fimbriata C.Porto & Peixoto

    Octomeria flabellifera Pabst

    Octomeria flaviflora C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria gehrtii Hoehne & Schltr.

    Octomeria gemmula G.Carnefali F.C. & I.Ramírez

    Octomeria geraensis (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria glazioviana Regel

    Octomeria gracilicaulis Schltr.

        Octomeria gracilis Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria rodriguesii

    Octomeria gracilis Lodd. ex Lindl.

    Octomeria graminifolia (L.) R.Br.

    Octomeria grandiflora Lindl.

    Octomeria guentheriana Kraenzl.

    Octomeria harantiana I.Bock

    Octomeria hatschbachii Schltr.

    Octomeria heleneana G.Carnevali F.C. & F.Celascio Chitty

    Octomeria helvola Barb.Rodr.

        Octomeria hoehnei Schlechter = Octomeria hondurensis

    Octomeria hondurensis Ames

    Octomeria iguapensis Schltr.

    Octomeria integrilabia C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria irrorata Schltr.

    Octomeria itatiaiae Brade & Pabst

    Octomeria juergensii Schltr.

    Octomeria juncifolia Barb.Rodr.

        Octomeria kestrochila Garay & Dunst. = Octomeria exigua

        Octomeria lacerata Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria tricolor

    Octomeria lancipetala C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria leptophylla Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria lichenicola Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria linearifolia Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria lithophila (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria lobulosa Rchb.f.

    Octomeria loddigesii Lindl.

        Octomeria longerepens Schltr. = Octomeria graminifolia

    Octomeria longifolia Schltr.

    Octomeria margaretae pabst ex A.L.V.de B.Toscano

        Octomeria mauritii Pabst = Octomeria micrantha

    Octomeria micrantha Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria minor C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria minuta Cogn.

    Octomeria mocoana Schltr.

    Octomeria montana Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria monticola C.Schweinf.

        Octomeria multiflora Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria tridentata

    Octomeria nana C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria ochroleuca Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria octomeriantha (Hoehne) Pabst

    Octomeria ouropretana H.Barb.

    Octomeria oxychela Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria palmyrabellae Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria parvifolia Rolfe

    Octomeria parvula C.Schweinf.

        Octomeria paulensis Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria praetans

    Octomeria peruviana D.E.Bennett & Christensen

    Octomeria petulans Rchb.f.

    Octomeria pinicola Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria praetans Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria prostrata H.Stenzel

        Octomeria pusilla Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria minuta

    Octomeria pusilla Lindl.

    Octomeria pygmaea C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria recchiana Hoehne

    Octomeria reitzii Pabst

    Octomeria rhizomatosa C.Schweinf.

    Octomeria rhodoglossa Schltr.

    Octomeria rigida Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria riograndensis Schltr.

        Octomeria robusta Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria grandiflora

    Octomeria robusta Rchg.f. & Warm.

    Octomeria rodeiensis Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria rodriguesii Cogn.

    Octomeria rohrii Pabst

    Octomeria romerorum G.Carnevali & I.Ramírez

    Octomeria rotundiglossa Hoehne

    Octomeria runbrifolia Barb.Rodr.

        Octomeria ruthiana Hoehne = Octomeria surinamensis

    Octomeria sagittata (Rchb.f.) Garay

    Octomeria sancti-angeli Kraenzl.

    Octomeria sarcophylla Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria sarthouae Luer

    Octomeria saundersiana Rchb.f.

    Octomeria schultesii Pabst

    Octomeria scirpoidea (poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f.

    Octomeria seegeriana Kraenzl.

    Octomeria semiconnata C.Schweinf.

        Octomeria semiteres Regel = Octomeria seegeriana  

    Octomeria serpens Schltr.

    Octomeria serrana Hoehne

    Octomeria setigera Pabst

        Octomeria similis Schltr. = Octomeria robusta Rchb.f. & Warm.

    Octomeria spannagelii Hoehne

    Octomeria spathulata Rchb.f.

    Octomeria splendida Garay & G.C.K.Dunst.

    Octomeria stellaris Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria steyermarkii Garay & Dunst.

        Octomeria supra-glauca Rolfe = Octomeria cochlearis

    Octomeria surinamensis H.C.Focke

    Octomeria taracuana Schltr.

    Octomeria tenuis Schltr.

    Octomeria teretifolia Barb.Rodr.

    Octomeria tricolor Rchb.f.

    Octomeria tridentata Lindl.

    Octomeria truncicola Barb.Rodr.

        Octomeria trundata Rchb.f. ex Hoffmgg. = Octomeria surinamensis

    Octomeria umbonulata Schltr.

    Octomeria ungruiculata Schltr.

        Octomeria valeroi Ames & Schweinf. = Octomeria constaricensis

    Octomeria ventii H.Dietrich

    Octomeria warmingii Rchb.f.

    Octomeria wawrae Rchb.f.

    Octomeria wilsoniana Hoehne

        Octomeria wilsoniae Hoehne = Octomeria wilsoniana

        Octomeria xanthina Barb.Rodr. = Octomeria petulans

    Octomeria yauaperyensis Barb.Rodr.

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