| Stelis immersa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Stelis |
| Species: | S. immersa |
| Binomial name | |
| Stelis immersa | |
| Synonyms | |
Stelis immersa is a species of orchid found from Mexico to northern Venezuela. It is pollinated by the females of a fly species in the genus Megaselia . [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.
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.
Black orchid or Black Orchid may refer to:
Stelis argentata, commonly known as the silvery stelis, is a species of orchid of the genus Stelis.
Crepidula, commonly known as the slipper snails, slipper limpets, or slipper shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae. This family includes the slipper snails (Crepidula), hat snails (Calyptraea), spiny slipper snails (Bostrycapulus), and cup-and-saucer snails (Crucibulum) as well as Crepipatella, Siphopatella, Grandicrepidula, and Maoricrypta.
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.
Cryptospira immersa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Stelis louisae is a bee in the genus Stelis. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1911. Synonyms include Stelis floridana. It lives in the eastern United States, sometimes on Helianthus, and is active from March to September.
Stelis perpulchra is a species of insect in the family Megachilidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Stelis is a genus of kleptoparasitic bees in the family Megachilidae. There are at least 100 described species in Stelis.
Stelis costalis is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Stelis lateralis is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Stelis gracilis is a species of leach orchid, which is one of the largest genera in the orchid family, with over 600 species. Stelis gracilis are small epiphytes with greenish-white flowers in raceme inflorescences. This rare species of orchid is found in tropical rainforests in North and Central America. It was first described by the American botanist Oakes Ames in 1908.
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 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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