Stelis atrorubens L.O.Williams

Species

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Characteristics

Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 18 cm. tall. Secondary stems 1.5-3.5 cm. long, slender, covered with bracts. Leaves 6-9 cm. long, petiolate, much longer than the secondary stems; lamina about 4-6.5 cm. long and 0.5-i cm. broad, elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse, fleshy; petiole 2-3 cm. long. Inflorescence up to 15 cm. long, upper half more or less densely flowered; bracts about 2 mm. long,-infundibuliform, acute, scarious. Sepals connate at the base, rotate, 2-2.5 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, triangular, acute, 3-nerved. Petals about 0.75 mm. long and 0.75 mm. broad, suborbicular, 1-nerved, the terminal part thickened, fleshy. Lip 1-1.5 mm. long and 0.5-0.6 mm. broad, obscurely 3-lobed, oblong or oblong-oval, basal part of the lip oblong, somewhat concave, fleshy, terminating into two small, suberect lateral lobes, terminal lobe of the lip about 0.5 mm. long, suborbicular, strongly concave, fleshy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.18
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Distribution

Stelis atrorubens world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243766-2
WFO ID wfo-0000315320
COL ID 4ZQ6N
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Synonyms

Apatostelis atrorubens Stelis atrorubens