We have another delightful Stelis species flowering for you today. Stelis polyantha is has tiny flowers compared to the other Stelis species this week but they are a lovely soft pink colour. The species comes from Ecuador where it is found in cloud forest at around 3000m. The small size of the flowers is made […]

I mentioned yesterday that our first contact with stelis species was in Brazil and this is one of the species found in the Mata Atlantica around our base in Macae de Cima. Unlike yesterdays Stelis reginae, which is large growing with 15cm leaves and 5mm flowers, Stelis itatiayae is a real miniature with 4cm leaves […]

We have featured lots of Stelis species on 365 days and it is one of our favourite genera. Many species produce a magnificent display of lots of  flowers. We first became aware of the genus in Brazil where we saw lots in flower and we saw more species in our visits to Costa Rica. Stelis […]

We will start the month of August with a great example of a ‘miniature’ orchid that can grow into a specimen. Plants flower well as tiny plants in 3cm pots or mounted but if left for long enough (the plant shown has been growing in its current basket for ten years) forms a ball that […]