Stelis parvifolia Garay 1954 Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista and Orchidstudium

Common Name The Small Leafed Stelis

Flower Size tiny

Found in Sao Paulo state of Brazil as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with an erect ramicaul neveloped by 2, loose sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, lanceolate, fainly conduplicate, fleshy, yellow green, narrowing below intothe petioalte base leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on a 1.6 to 2.4" [4 to 6 cm] long, 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe at the apex of the ramicaul.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its orchids Miller, Warren and Seehauer 2008 drawing fide;

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