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Hi Bryon,

I spent the morning working on Octomerias and decided to
have a look at your plant again. It is a yellow flowered variant of Octomeria
palmyrabellae Barb. Rodr. This species was described as having white
flowers with purple stripes and this is the form I remember have seen in bloom
Rio de Janeiro Botanical Gardens many years ago. However, I had a look at
the internet and found a few a pictures of this species. The color of the
flowers actually varies from white, yellow or greenish background with purple
stripes to full yellow flowers.

All the best,

Toscano

Earlier email---On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Antonio Toscano de Brito
<a.l.v.toscanodebrito@gmail.com>
wrote:

Good Morning, Bryon:

To tell you the truth I am not sure whether or
not this is O. juncifolia. I can't see the characteristic
"inflated" sheaths on the ramicauls and the lip 1/2 apical
portion of the lip looks much longer than in the 'typical" juncifolia.
In order to be sure a specimen for study would be mostly welcome.

Octomeria palmyrabellae Barb.Rodr., Rodriguésia 8: 38 (1937).

This name is accepted

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