Stelis hymenantha Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Stelis

Characteristics

Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 20 cm. long. Secondary stems 1-5 cm. long, shorter than the leaves. Leaves 4-10 cm. long and 0.2-1 cm. broad, linear, ligulate to oblanceolate, obtuse or acute, coriaceous. Inflorescence up to 13 cm. long, longer than or subequal to the subtending leaves. Sepals 1-1.4 mm. long and 0.75-1.2 mm. broad, broadly oval to suborbicular, obtuse or acute, free almost to their bases. Petals about 0.5 mm. long and 0.25-0.3 mm. broad, oblong, truncate, apex thickened. Lip 0.5-0.7 mm. long and about 0.4 mm. broad, sub-quadrate to-suborbicular-ovate, the apex produced into a broad, acute or acuminate apicule about 1/3 the length of the lip, disc provided with a bipartite callus on the basal half.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Stelis hymenantha world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243906-2
WFO ID wfo-0000315577
COL ID 4ZQJP
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Synonyms

Stelis seleniglossa Stelis cuspidilabia Stelis hymenantha