Stelis bivalvis Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 11 (fig. 9) (2002).
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| Stelis bivalvis Luer, Photo by L.M. Palasiewicz |
its native range is Ecuador.
Latin Name:
Stelis bivalvis Luer
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
English Name:
The Clam-Like Stelis.
Description:
With erect, stout ramicauls enveloped by a loose tubular sheath and another below and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, subacute to acute, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on a congested, distichous, 5 cm long including the 2 cm long peduncle, simultaneously several flowered inflorescence arising from an annulus below the apex of the ramicaul and has infundibular, inflated, obtuse floral bracts.
Distribution:
Ecuador.
Ecological:
In montane forests at elevations around 1500 m as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the fall.
Flower size:
5.0 mm.
Cultivation:
Climate:
Intermediate Cool
Air Circulation:
Medium
Light:
Medium
Humidity:
High
Fertilizer:
Weekly
Type Information:
Collector Team:
C.A.Luer 19797
Type Herbaria:
holotype MO
Distribution Of Types:
Cordillera del Condor, Paquisha, ca. 1500 m, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America)
Reference:
theplantlist.org
https://www.ipni.org/n/326566-2
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326566-2
http://www.orchidspecies.com/stelbivalvis.htm.
https://www.ecuagenera.com/Stelis-bivalvis/en
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