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Octomeria napoleon

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Native range
SE. Colombia to Brazil (Amazonas)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Octomeria napoleon is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is an epiphyte with leathery leaves and yellow sepals. The species is native to Colombia and Brazil.

Octomeria napoleon was first described in 2010, though the name was not validly published until 2019.

Where it grows

Octomeria napoleon is native to the wet tropical biome of south-east Colombia and northern Brazil (including Amazonas).

Other Octomeria plants

Octomeria aloifolia · Octomeria brevifolia · Octomeria chamaeleptotes · Octomeria chloidophylla · Octomeria cochlearis · Octomeria colombiana · Octomeria concolor · Octomeria condorensis · Octomeria connellii · Octomeria cordilabia · Octomeria corrigiosa · Octomeria costaricensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Octomeria napoleon by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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