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(Last Modified On 11/11/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/11/2012)
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Species
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STELIS POWELLII Schltr.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. Beih. 17:16. 1922
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Reference
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Ames in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 19: fig. P. 9. 1933.
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Description
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Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to 15 cm. tall. Secondary stems 1-3 cm. long, shorter than the leaves. Leaves attenuated into a petiole at the base; lamina 2-7 cm. long and 0.5-1.5 cm. broad, oblanceolate to ligulate-oblanceolate, obtuse; petiole up to 3 cm. long. Inflorescence longer than the leaves; bracts 2-4 mm. long, ovate, acute, large and conspicuous for the genus, infundi- buliform. Sepals 2.5-3 mm. long and-3-3.5 mm. broad, connate for a short distance at the base, suborbicular to ovate-suborbicular or ovate-triangular, obtuse, 5-nerved, puber- ulent or papillose within. Petals 1-1.5 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, flabellate, sub- truncate and thickened terminally. Lip 1.2-1.5 mm. long and 0.75-122 mm. broad, ovate, concave, relatively thin with a cruci- form callus in the middle.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: alt. 4000 feet, Powell 247.
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Note
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Conspicuous among Panamanian species by the relatively conspicuous bracts.
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