Until 2001, there was great agreement among orchid collectors about what a Stelis looked like. Small plant with elliptical leaves and relatively long upright shafts with many small more or less fringed triangular flowers on. But Pridgeon & M. W. Chase would change that a lot. At least if you choose to follow the botanists at Kew, because it is far from all botanists who accept the new nomenclature.

Text and Photos Egon Krogsgaard, Aarhus, Denmark
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403a-Stelis-argentata-Lindl.-1842-©-Egon-Krogsgaard-06-05-17-8800_R
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403e-Stelis-ornata-Rchb.f.-Pridgeon-M.W.Chase-2001-©-Egon-Krogsgaard-27-06-12-8650
403d-Stelis-restrepioides-Lindl.-Pridgeon-M.W.Chase-2001-©-Egon-Krogsgaard-01-03-16-6300_R
403g-Stelis-maxima-Lindl.-1845-©-Egon-Krogsgaard-25-05-17-9800_R
403f-Stelis-mystax-Luer-Pridgeon-M.W.Chase-2001-©-Egon-Krogsgaard-04-10-16-8029_R
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