| Stelis cuencana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Stelis |
| Species: | S. cuencana |
| Binomial name | |
| Stelis cuencana | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Stelis cuencana is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Ecuador. [1]
Stelis, or leach orchids, is a large genus of orchids, with perhaps 500 species. The generic name Stelis is the Greek word for 'mistletoe', referring to the epiphytic habit of these species. These mainly epiphytic plants are widely distributed throughout much of South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and Florida. Stelis is abbreviated Ste. in the horticultural trade.
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Characteristic traits of this family are the restriction of their pollen-carrying structure to the ventral surface of the abdomen, and their typically elongated labrum. Megachilid genera are most commonly known as mason bees and leafcutter bees, reflecting the materials from which they build their nest cells ; a few collect plant or animal hairs and fibers, and are called carder bees, while others use plant resins in nest construction and are correspondingly called resin bees. All species feed on nectar and pollen, but a few are kleptoparasites, feeding on pollen collected by other megachilid bees. Parasitic species do not possess scopae. The motion of Megachilidae in the reproductive structures of flowers is energetic and swimming-like; this agitation releases large amounts of pollen.
Aetheolaena cuencana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Aetheolaena is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.
Mikania cuencana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Stelis amoena, synonym Acianthera parahybunensis, is a species of orchid, native to Southeast Brazil.
Stelis ophioglossoides is a species of orchid native to east Cuba, French Guiana, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and the Windward Islands. It is the type species of the genus Stelis.
Stelis ornata is a species of orchid found from Mexico through Guatemala and El Salvador as a miniature epiphyte at elevations of 1500 to 2500 meters above sea level. The plant is characterized by erect ramicauls enveloped by two basal sheaths and carrying a single apical, erect, coriaceous leaf where it blooms on an apical, single successive flowered, 2 inch [4 to 5 cm] long, fractiflex inflorescence that holds the successive opening, single flowers amid or just above the leaves occurring at any time of the year. In cultivation it prefers cool temperatures, shade, and high humidity as well as mounting on tree fern, and good air movement.
Stelis elegansLuer & R.Vásquez is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Bolivia and Ecuador. It was first described in 1981. Stelis elegans(Kunth) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase is a synonym of Stelis roseopunctata.
Stelis is a genus of kleptoparasitic cuckoo bees in the family Megachilidae. There are at least 100 described species in Stelis.
Stelis aloisii is a species of orchid plant native to Ecuador.
Stelis amaliae is a species of orchid plant native to Colombia.
Stelis ancistra is a species of orchid plant native to Colombia, Ecuador.
Stelis uncinata is a species of orchid plant and is native to Costa Rica.
Stelis trulla is a species of orchid plant native to Peru.
Stelis emarginata is a species of orchid plant and is native to Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru.
Stelis megachlamys is a species of orchid plant native to Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico.
Stelis velaticaulis is a species of orchid plant native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.
Stelis roseopunctata is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. It was first described by John Lindley in 1846 as Pleurothallis roseopunctata and transferred to Stelis by Rodrigo Bernal in 2015. Stelis elegans(Kunth) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase is a synonym of Stelis roseopunctata; Stelis elegansLuer & R.Vásquez is a separate species.
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