#stelis

[cnestus]

look at this EXTREMELY CUTE BEE i found.

it's an anthidiine, i'm pretty sure in the genus Stelis

[usgsbiml]

How interesting.  Stelis louisae pictured.  Parasite of resin (rather than leaf) using bees such as Megachile campanulae. Both parasite and host members of groups sometimes given their own genera.

[kevinholcombatl]

Grow Tent 1 of 4 - Pleurothallis (Series Amphygiae)

[eriospermum]

Stelis tarantula (Luer & Hirtz) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase synonym : Pleurothallis tarantula Luer & Hirtz synonym : Effusiella tarantula (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 

[mooinggreenery]

Today's adventures: the nursery open day at Chester zoo. They have the national collection of pleurothallids! Only the first flower picture is a pleuro- it's a stelis. Not sure which subspecies. Also pictured are the octopus orchid, a phragmipedium and a catasetum.

[orchidsyogatea]

Stelis carnosilabia. This miniature orchid has a really pretty lip and such rich coloration! The almost black maroon color of the sepals really makes that lip pop up. #orchid #stelis #greenthumb #indoorplants #flowerstagram #flowersofinstagram

[ctorchids-blog]

Stelis purpursceas

[usgsbiml]

Stelis australis.... A nice colorful Stelis from the pinelands of Georgia.  This group is likely to be a nest parasite (lays eggs in nests of other bees) of species in the uncommon Megachilidae bee genus Trachusa, so overall a very rare bee on an uncommon to rare host.  Nice to see that such things still exist.  This one was collected by Sabrie Breland.  Photograph by Brooke Alexander.