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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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STELLIS ENDRESII Reichb. f.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Gard. Chron. 1373. 1870
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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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Synonym
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Stelis parsibracteata Ames, Orch. 7:131. 1922.
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Description
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mall, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to 22 cm. tall. Secondary stems 1.5-5 cm. long, slender, shorter than the leaves. Leaves 4-13 cm. long and 0.5-2 cm. broad, elliptic to oblanceolate, obtuse or acute, attenuated into a petiole at the base. Inflorescence up to 18 cm. long, floriferous to the middle or below, much exceeding the leaves, 1 or more from a stem; bracts 1-2 mm. long, infundibuliform. Sepals 2-4 mm. long and 2-5 mm. broad, suborbicular to subtriangular, acute or obtuse, glabrous to puberulent within, 2- (or rarely 5-) nerved.; Petals 0.75-1 mm. long and 1-1.5 mm. broad, flabellate, truncate, apical part thickened and fleshy. Lip about 0.75 long and 1 mm. broad, transversely oval, with a small, erect apicule at the apex.
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Distribution
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Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama, possibly also in South America.
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Specimen
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DARIEN: Cana and vicinity, alt. 6000 feet, Williams 972. COCLE: hills north of El Valle de Anton, alt. 800-1000 m.. Allen 2273.
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Note
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Critical work on the genus may prove this species to be the same as S. lewco- pogon Reichb. f.
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