Stelis calotricha Schltr. 1919 SECTION Stelis
Photo by © Guillermo Misas Urreta
Drawing of S schmidtchenii by © Dusterville
Common Name The Beautifully Haired Stelis [refers to the sepals]
Flower Size .12” [3 mm]
Found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil at low elevations as a mini-miniiature sized, hot to warm growing, caespitose epiphyte with erect ramoicausl carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate leaf that blooms on an erect, 3" [7.5 cm] long, successively 1 to 3, several flowered inflorecsence.
CAUTION Romero 2000 cites the Dunsterville drawing 1966/1979 as S schmidtchenii instead of S calotricha. I belive that Dunsterville is correct but if not both the photo and the drawing are Stelis schmidtchenii
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 323 Schlechter 1919;
Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 5 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 Drawing fide;
Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 Drawing fide;
Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2005 drawing/photo good;
Orchidaceae Stelis Swartz A Compendium Duque 2008 drawing/photo good
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