Stelis maxonii Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Stelis

Characteristics

Caespitose epiphytic herbs up to 40 cm. tall. Secondary stems up to 23 cm. long, slender. Leaves 9-15 cm. long and 1-2.7 cm. broad, elliptic to lanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, attenuated into a short petiole at the base. Inflorescence up to about 15 cm. long, subequal to the leaves; bracts about 3 mm. long, infundibuliform, acute or shortly acuminate. Sepals 2-3 mm. long and 2.2-3.5 mm. broad, suborbicular. Petals about 1 mm. long and 1 mm. broad, suborbicular, flabellate, the terminal part thickened and fleshy. Lip about 1.2 mm. long and 1 mm. broad, broadly oval in outline, with a trans-verse callus across the middle of the lip, the lip fleshy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Stelis maxonii world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243944-2
WFO ID wfo-0000315651
COL ID 4ZQNT
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Synonyms

Stelis maxonii