Octomeria densiflora

Octomeria densiflora is an autumn regular that produces masses of pale flowers, and reminds me of wonderful times exploring Brazilian cloud forest.

This beautiful species is native to the Mata Atlantica cool cloud forests of Brazil and a species we found near Macae de Cima on our expeditions to Brazil in 2000 and 2006 at around 1300m altitude.

The lemon yellow flowers have a red lip,and are small (about 1cm across) but are produced in profusion. The grey-green thick leaves are also very attractive.

Our plants come from a flask purchased from Equatorial Plants in 2001 (just after our first trip to Brazil) and enjoy becoming large specimens especially mounted on cork bark like this plant.

We grow plants near the middle of our cloud forest greenhouse (min 12C) with good light but plenty of water throughout the year.