Stelis collina Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Stelis

Characteristics

Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to 28 cm. long. Secondary stems up to 3 cm. long, slender. Leaves 3-10 cm. long and 0.7-1.2 cm. broad, oblanceolate-ligulate, obtuse, attenuated into a petiole at the base. Inflorescence elongated, much exceeding the leaves; bracts about 2 mm. long, infundibuliform. Sepals 3-3.5 mm. long and 3-3.5 mm. broad, triangular-ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved. Petals about 1 mm. long and 1.5 mm. broad, flabellate, truncate apex thickened. Lip about 0.8 mm. long and 1 mm. broad, suborbicular, obtuse, with a transverse raised callus in the middle, the basal half with two lateral cavities and a small longitudinal ridge between them.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Distribution

Stelis collina world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:307251-2
WFO ID wfo-0000315405
COL ID 6ZJ67
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Synonyms

Stelis collina