Octomeria doucetteana is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is a presumably epiphytic plant with fleshy leaves and yellow flowers. The species is thought to be native to Ecuador, and was described in 2018.
Taxonomy The species was described by Luke E. Matthews in 2018. It was discovered in Alfonso Doucette's collection.
Distribution Octomeria doucetteana is thought to be native to the wet tropical biome of Ecuador.
Description Octomeria doucetteana is caespitose, tall, and is presumed to be an epiphyte. The stem is long, and around wide. The leaves are narrowly elliptical, fleshy, long, and wide.
The inflorescence is a fascicle with one to three flowers. The inflorescence stem is around long. The flower stem is around long. The flowers are resupinate. The dorsal sepal is around long, around wide, oblong-ovate or triangular, translucent, yellow, and suffused with peach at the tip. The lateral sepals are oblong, translucent, yellow, and suffused with purple and brown. The lateral sepals are around long, and around wide. The petals are oblong-lanceolate, around long, around wide, and have a similar colour to the sepals. The lip is yellow and purple, around long, around wide, and has three lobes. The column is cream, around long, and around wide.
Octomeria doucetteana is similar to Octomeria portillae.
Etymology Octomeria doucetteana is named in honour of Alfonso Doucette.
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