Stelis sp.
Orchidaceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 96497 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, C. Davidson & Sharon Christoph |
| Identified By | |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 27 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road from Tandayapa to Mindo, vicinity Bellavista, vicinity of Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, along side road to Bellavista Scientific Research Station and side road to Nanegalito, departing main Bellavista-Mindo Road 1.2 km S of Bellavista, 1-2 km W of Tandayapa-Mindo Road. 2272 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 00 00 16 W 078 41 13 |
| Note | Epiphyte; sepals faintly purplish spreading laterally; lateral petals semi-cupular, erect, pale yellow-green, along with the smaller lip (same color) forming a circular cup around the column; column pale yellow-green. |
Local Habitat
1.9km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Vicinity of Bellavista Cloud Forest Preserve, along side road to Bellavista Scientific Research Station and side road to Nanegalito, departing main Bellavista-Mindo Road, 1.2 km S of Bellavista, 0.3 km to 1 km west of Tandayapa-Mindo Road., S 00 01 16 W 078 41 07 |
| Date | 27 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Medium to high elevation cloud forest |
1.9km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, vicinity of Bellavista Cloud Forest Preserve, along side road to Bellavista Scientific Research Station and side road to Nanegalito, departing main Bellavista-Mindo Road, 1.2 km S of Bellavista, 0.3 km to 1 km west of Tandayapa-Mindo Road., S 00 01 16 W 078 41 07 |
| Date | 27 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest. |
5.6km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Prov. Pichincha, Along road from Tandayapa to Mindo via Bellavista, 1.7-2.1 km not beyond Bellavista., S 00 01 02 W 078 44 07 |
| Date | 14 February 2005 |
| Ecology | Cloud forest. |
