Stelis crescentiicola Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Stelis

Characteristics

Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to 20 cm. tall. Secondary stems 1-2 cm. long, slender, much shorter than the leaves. Leaves 4-9.5 cm. long and 0.5-1 cm. broad, oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, attenuated into a petiole at the base, coria-ceous. Inflorescence up to about 18 cm. long, much exceeding the leaves, raceme densely flowered; bracts 1-2 mm. long, infundibuliform. Sepals 1-1.5 mm. long and 1-1.5 mm. broad, suborbicular to subrhombic-ovate, acute or obtuse, papilli-ferous within. Petals about 0.5 mm. long and about 0.75 mmm. broad, flabellate, not thickened at the apex. Lip about 0.5 mm. long and 0.5 mm. broad and nearly as thick, rhombic-ovate, with a transverse callus through the middle and the short apex incurved.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Distribution

Stelis crescentiicola world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297257-2
WFO ID wfo-0000315431
COL ID 4ZQBK
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Apatostelis crescentiicola Stelis crescentiicola