Octomeria

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Octomeria ventii (Sep 2025). Ackerman recognizes only one species of Octomeria from anywhere in the Greater Antilles and that is O. ventii. There are two other species he believes to be species of Atopoglossum and that genus is distinguished from Octomeria by their racemose inflorescences. This plant fits his detailed description. This plant is an exact match to the O. ventii photo in the IOSPE.

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 15cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1

Leaf Length: 6.0

Leaf Width: 1.4

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Pseudobulb Length: 10.0

Pseudobulb Width: 0.2

Pseudobulb Distance: n.a.

Pseudobulb Root Tip: not visible

Inflorescence Overall Length: 1.5

Inflorescence Arrangement: clustered

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 0.2

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: n.a.

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.2

Floral Bracts Length: 0.2

Floral Bracts Width: 0.1

Ovary Length: 0.2

Ovary Width: 0.1

Ovary Shape: tubular

Ovary Color: cream

Ovary Texture: matte

Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.6

Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.7

Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.7

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.2

Lateral Sepals Length: 0.6

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.2

Petals Width: 0.2

Judging Center: Montreal Judging Center

Award Number: 20246945

Award Date: November 16, 2024

Awarded As: CBR

Approximately two hundred and fifty flowers cupped, and buds on 250 inflorescences born on 131 ramicaules on a very clean 30-cm large by 35-cm wide by 17-cm tall plant grown on a 11-cm by 18-cm cork plaque; flowers translucent cream-yellow, sepals and petals with three darker yellow veins; lip yellow overlaid mahogany basally; column and anthercap yellow; substance firm, texture crystalline; Also awarded CCM 20246946.

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